Daniel 10:9
And I heard the voice of his words: and when I heard, I lay in a consternation, upon my face, and my face was close to the ground.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et audivi vocem sermonum ejus : et audiens jacebam consternatus super faciem meam, et vultus meus hærebat terræ.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἤκουσα τὴν φωνὴν τῶν λόγων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν τῷ ἀκοῦσαί με αὐτοῦ ἤμην κατανενυγμένος, καὶ τὸ πρόσωπόν μου ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וָאֶשְׁמַ֖ע אֶת ק֣וֹל דְּבָרָ֑יו וּכְשָׁמְעִי֙ אֶת ק֣וֹל דְּבָרָ֔יו וַאֲנִ֗י הָיִ֛יתִי נִרְדָּ֥ם עַל פָּנַ֖י וּפָנַ֥י אָֽרְצָה
The Fathers on this verse
St Cyril of Jerusalem On the Words, Maker of Heaven and Earth, and of All Things Visible and Invisible
1. To look upon God with eyes of flesh is impossible: for the incorporeal cannot be subject to bodily sight: and the Only begotten Son of God Himself hath testified, saying, No man hath seen God at any time . For if according to that which is written in Ezekiel any one should understand that Ezekiel saw Him, yet what saith the Scripture? He saw the likeness of the glory of the Lord ; not the Lord Himself, but the likeness of His glory , not the glory itself, as it really is. And when he saw merely the likeness of the glory , and not the glory itself, he fell to the earth from fear. Now if the sight of the likeness of the glory brought fear and distress upon the prophets, any one who should attempt to behold God Himself would to a certainty lose his life, according to the saying, No man shall see My face and live . …