Daniel 10:17
And how can the servant of my lord speak with my lord? for no strength remaineth in me, moreover my breath is stopped.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et quomodo poterit servus domini mei loqui cum domino meo ? nihil enim in me remansit virium, sed et halitus meus intercluditur.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ πῶς δυνήσεται ὁ παῖς σου, κύριε, λαλῆσαι μετὰ τοῦ κυρίου μου τούτου; καὶ ἐγὼ ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν οὐ στήσεται ἐν ἐμοὶ ἰσχύς, καὶ πνεῦμα οὐχ ὑπελείφθη ἐν ἐμοί.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְהֵ֣יךְ יוּכַ֗ל עֶ֤בֶד אֲדֹנִי֙ זֶ֔ה לְדַבֵּ֖ר עִם אֲדֹ֣נִי זֶ֑ה וַאֲנִ֤י מֵעַ֨תָּה֙ לֹֽא יַעֲמָד בִּ֣י כֹ֔חַ וּנְשָׁמָ֖ה לֹ֥א נִשְׁאֲרָה בִֽי
The Fathers on this verse
St Cyril of Jerusalem On the words Incarnate, and Made Man
14. What wouldest thou then? That He who came for our salvation should become a minister of destruction because men could not bear Him? or that He should suit His grace to our measure? Daniel could not bear the vision of an Angel, and wert thou capable of the sight of the Lord of Angels? Gabriel appeared, and Daniel fell down: and of what nature or in what guise was he that appeared? His countenance was like lightning; not like the sun: and his eyes as lamps of fire , not as a furnace of fire: and the voice of his words as the voice of a multitude , not as the voice of twelve legions of angels; nevertheless the Prophet fell down. And the Angel cometh unto him, saying, Fear not, Daniel, stand upright: be of good courage, thy words are heard . And Daniel says, I stood up trembling: and not even so did he make answer, until the likeness of a man’s hand touched him. …