Daniel 8:15
And it came to pass when I Daniel saw the vision, and sought the meaning, that behold there stood before me as it were the appearance of a man.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Factum est autem cum viderem ego Daniel visionem, et quærerem intelligentiam : ecce stetit in conspectu meo quasi species viri.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ἰδεῖν με, ἐγὼ Δανιήλ, τὴν ὅρασιν, καὶ ἐζήτουν σύνεσιν· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἔστη ἐνώπιον ἐμοῦ ὡς ὅρασις ἀνδρός.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיְהִ֗י בִּרְאֹתִ֛י אֲנִ֥י דָנִיֵּ֖אל אֶת הֶחָז֑וֹן וָאֲבַקְשָׁ֣ה בִינָ֔ה וְהִנֵּ֛ה עֹמֵ֥ד לְנֶגְדִּ֖י כְּמַרְאֵה גָֽבֶר
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Jod
73. The Greek version hath a more concise expression for our, “Give me understanding,” συν™τισον με , expressing “give understanding” by the single word συν™τισον , which the Latin cannot do; as if one could not say, Heal me; and it were necessary to say, Give me health, as it is here said, “Give me understanding;” or, make me whole, as here it may be said, make me intelligent. This indeed an Angel could do: for he said to Daniel, “I am come to give thee understanding;” and this word is in the Greek, as it is here also, συν™τισαί σε ; as if the Latin translator were to render θεραπεῦσαί σε by sanitatem dare tibi. …