Daniel 10:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For how may this servant of my lord have talk with my lord? for, as for me, straight away my strength went from me and there was no breath in my body.

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  • Exod 24:10-11 : 10 And they saw the God of Israel; and under his feet there was, as it seemed, a jewelled floor, clear as the heavens. 11 And he put not his hand on the chiefs of the children of Israel: they saw God, and took food and drink.
  • Isa 6:1-5 : 1 In the year of King Uzziah's death I saw the Lord seated in his place, high and lifted up, and the Temple was full of the wide skirts of his robe. 2 Over him were the winged ones: every one had six wings; two for covering his face, two for covering his feed, and two for flight. 3 And one said in a loud voice to another, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of armies: all the earth is full of his glory. 4 And the bases of the door-pillars were shaking at the sound of his cry, and the house was full of smoke. 5 Then I said, The curse is on me, and my fate is destruction; for I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies.
  • Matt 22:43-44 : 43 He says to them, How then does David in the Spirit give him the name of Lord, saying, 44 The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put under your feet all those who are against you?
  • Mark 12:36 : 36 David himself said in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put those who are against you under your feet.
  • John 1:18 : 18 No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.
  • Exod 33:20 : 20 But it is not possible for you to see my face, for no man may see me and still go on living.
  • Judg 6:22 : 22 Then Gideon was certain that he was the angel of the Lord; and Gideon said, I am in fear, O Lord God! for I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.
  • Judg 13:21-23 : 21 But the angel of the Lord was seen no more by Manoah and his wife. Then it was clear to Manoah that he was the angel of the Lord. 22 And Manoah said to his wife, Death will certainly be our fate, for it is a god whom we have seen. 23 But his wife said to him, If the Lord was purposing our death, he would not have taken our burned offering and our meal offering, or have given us such orders about the child.
  • Gen 32:20 : 20 And you are to say further, Jacob, your servant, is coming after us. For he said to himself, I will take away his wrath by the offering which I have sent on, and then I will come before him: it may be that I will have grace in his eyes.

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  • Dan 10:14-16
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    14 Now I have come to give you knowledge of the fate of your people in the later days; for there is still a vision for the days.

    15 And after he had said these words to me, I kept my face turned to the earth and was unable to say anything.

    16 Then one whose form was like the sons of men put his finger on my lips; and opening my mouth, I said to him who was before me, O my lord, because of the vision my pains have come on me, and I have no more strength.

  • Dan 10:18-20
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    18 Then again one having the form of a man put his hand on me and gave me strength. And he said to me, O man greatly loved, have no fear: peace be with you, be strong and let your heart be lifted up. And at his words I became strong, and said, Let my lord say on, for you have given me strength.

    19 Then he said, It is clear to you why I have come to you. And now I will give you an account of what is recorded in the true writings:

    20 But I am going back to make war with the angel of Persia, and when I am gone, the angel of Greece will come. And there is no one on my side against these, but Michael, your angel.

  • Dan 10:7-12
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    7 And I, Daniel, was the only one who saw the vision, for the men who were with me did not see it; but a great shaking came on them and they went in flight to take cover.

    8 So I was by myself, and I saw this great vision, and all my strength went from me; and the colour went from my face.

    9 But the sound of his words came to my ears, and on hearing his voice I went into a deep sleep with my face to the earth.

    10 Then a hand gave me a touch, awaking me, and putting me on my knees and my hands.

    11 And he said to me, O Daniel, you man dearly loved, take in the sense of the words I say to you and get up on to your feet: for to you I am now sent; and when he had said this to me I got on to my feet, shaking with fear.

    12 Then he said to me, Have no fear, Daniel; for from the first day when you gave your heart to getting wisdom and making yourself poor in spirit before your God, your words have come to his ears: and I have come because of your words.

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    22 Now the hand of the Lord had been on me in the evening, before the man who had got away came to me; and he made my mouth open, ready for his coming to me in the morning; and my mouth was open and I was no longer without voice.

    23 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • Dan 8:17-18
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    17 So he came and took his place near where I was; and when he came, I was full of fear and went down on my face: but he said to me, Let it be clear to you, O son of man; for the vision has to do with the time of the end.

    18 Now while he was talking to me, I went into a deep sleep with my face to the earth: but touching me, he put me on my feet where I had been.

  • Job 4:15-16
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    15 And a breath was moving over my face; the hair of my flesh became stiff:

    16 Something was present before me, but I was not able to see it clearly; there was a form before my eyes: a quiet voice came to my ears, saying:

  • 10 My heart goes out in pain, my strength is wasting away; as for the light of my eyes, it is gone from me.

  • 6 Then said I, O Lord God! see, I have no power of words, for I am a child.

  • 15 As for me, Daniel, my spirit was pained because of this, and the visions of my head were troubling me.

  • 1 My spirit is broken, my days are ended, the last resting-place is ready for me.

  • 19 Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.

  • 3 (For all my breath is still in me, and the spirit of God is my life;)

  • 15 And now it is my fear of the people which has made me come to say these words to my lord the king: and your servant said, I will put my cause before the king, and it may be that he will give effect to my request.

  • 13 And he said in answer to me, Have you no knowledge what these are? And I said, No, my lord.

  • 27 And I, Daniel, was ill for some days; then I got up and did the king's business: and I was full of wonder at the vision, but no one was able to give the sense of it.

  • Zech 4:4-5
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    4 And I made answer and said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these, my lord?

    5 Then the angel who was talking to me, answering me, said, Have you no knowledge of what these are? And I said, No, my lord.

  • 9 Then he said to me, Come here to my side, and put me to death, for the pain of death has me in its grip but my life is still strong in me.

  • 18 What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant.

  • Ezek 2:1-2
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    1 And he said to me, Son of man, get up on your feet, so that I may say words to you.

    2 And at his words the spirit came into me and put me on my feet; and his voice came to my ears.

  • 13 Let your wrath be turned away from me, so that I may be comforted, before I go away from here, and become nothing.

  • 22 And the hand of the Lord was on me there; and he said, Get up and go out into the valley and there I will have talk with you.

  • 15 My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips.

  • 16 At my cry my servant gives me no answer, and I have to make a prayer to him.

  • 8 And the words came to my ears, but the sense of them was not clear to me: then I said, O my lord, what is the sense of these things?

  • 6 Then the colour went from the king's face, and he was troubled by his thoughts; strength went from his body, and his knees were shaking.

  • 4 The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Ruler of all gives me life.

  • 10 No longer let your hand be hard on me; I am wasted by the blows of your hand.

  • 10 My life goes on in sorrow, and my years in weeping; my strength is almost gone because of my sin, and my bones are wasted away.

  • 14 And the wind, lifting me up, took me away: and I went in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of the Lord was strong on me.

  • 35 Then I would say what is in my mind without fear of him; for there is no cause of fear in myself.

  • Job 9:18-19
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    18 He would not let me take my breath, but I would be full of bitter grief.

    19 If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?

  • 10 Out of his mouth go burning lights, and flames of fire are jumping up.

  • 5 Then I said, The curse is on me, and my fate is destruction; for I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies.

  • 11 I said, I will not see the Lord, even the Lord in the land of the living: I will not see man again or those living in the world.

  • 16 As for me, I have not said; Let the day of trouble come to them quickly; and I have not been hoping for the death-giving day; you have knowledge of what came from my lips; it was open before you.