Daniel 10:16 NLT,NIV,ESV

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 10:15-17

‘And when he had spoken to me in accordance with these words I set my face towards the ground and was dumb. And behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips. Then I opened my mouth and spoke and said to him who stood before me, “O my lord, as a result of the vision my pangs have come on me, and I am without strength. For how can the servant of this my lord speak with this my lord?” For as for me, immediately there remained no strength in me, nor was there breath left in... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 10:1-21

Daniel 10. Introduction to the Final Vision.— The last three chapters of Daniel form a unity and describe the final vision. Daniel 10 is introductory. A “ shining” being appears to Daniel near the “ great river” and tells him that he has been sent in answer to his prayers. The guardian angel of Persia had tried to intercept him, but Michael the protector of Israel had come to his assistance. Daniel 10:1 . third year of Cyrus: 535 B.C, the latest date in the Book. Daniel 10:4 . the great... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Daniel 10:16

One like the similitude of the sons of men; an angel in the shape of a man, and no other but Jesus Christ, as before he that had humbled him now helped and encouraged him. I opened my mouth, and spake; which cannot be till the Lord touch our lips, Psalms 51:15; Isaiah 6:5-7; Jeremiah 1:9. Though the angel appeared to him, and spake to him as a man, yet could not Daniel bear his presence without some dread. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Daniel 10:1-21

HOMILETICSSECT. XXXVII.—ANGEL MINISTRIES (Chap. Daniel 10:1-21)In this and the two following chapters we have another of Daniel’s remarkable visions. It is both the last and the longest recorded, occupying, as it does, nearly three whole chapters of the book. It was vouchsafed to Daniel as a man greatly beloved, which he is here again declared twice over to be. It was given him in the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, B.C. 531, Daniel now approaching the ninetieth year of his age. The prophet... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Daniel 10:1-21

Chapter 10Now in chapter 10,In the third year of Cyrus the king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose [Babylonian or Chaldean] name was Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision. In those days I Daniel was mourning for three full weeks. And I ate no pastries, neither meat nor wine, neither did I anoint myself at all, until the three whole weeks were fulfilled ( Daniel 10:1-3 ).So, again, a... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 10:1-21

Daniel 10:1 . In the third year of Cyrus, reckoned from the time that he occupied Babylon, in which he governed as viceroy for his uncle Darius. The first year of Cyrus therefore, mentioned in Daniel 1:1, must be reckoned from the time that he ascended the Persian throne. Daniel 10:5-6 . Behold, a certain man, clothed in linen, as Ezekiel had described him in Ezekiel 9:2. This was the dress of the priest, as appears from Exodus 28:42. Leviticus 6:10. He had a zone of the gold of Uphaz... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Daniel 10:1-21

Daniel 10:1-21In the third year of Cyrus.The Vision on the Banks of the HiddekelsThe law of gradual development seems to pervade the government of God, and may be treated alike in the material and spiritual departments of his administration. The revelation which God has given to men has grown into its completeness. The primal promise to our common parents in paradise, was the first faint ray that emanated from the common sun of righteousness; but as the morning of the race wore on, that... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 10:16

Dan 10:16 And, behold, [one] like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength. Ver. 16. And, behold, one like the similitude, ] i.e., The angel in human shape. as Dan 10:10 Touched my lips. ] Restored unto me my speech. Good affections wanting expression shall have God’s furtherance. And said unto him that stood before... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Daniel 10:16

like: Daniel 10:5, Daniel 10:6, Daniel 10:18, Daniel 8:15, Daniel 9:21, Ezekiel 1:26, Philippians 2:7, Philippians 2:8, Revelation 1:13 touched: Daniel 10:10, Isaiah 6:7, Jeremiah 1:9, Ezekiel 3:27, Ezekiel 33:22, Luke 1:64, Luke 21:15 my Lord: Daniel 10:17, Daniel 12:8, Exodus 4:10, Exodus 4:13, Joshua 5:14, Judges 6:13, Judges 6:15, Judges 13:8, John 20:28 my sorrows: Daniel 10:8, Daniel 10:9, Daniel 7:15, Daniel 7:28, Daniel 8:17, Daniel 8:27, Ecclesiastes 1:18 Reciprocal: Numbers 12:6... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Daniel 10:16

And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.One like the sons of men — This likewise seems to have been Gabriel.I have retained no strength — Tho' he appeared to him, and spake to him as a man, yet Daniel could not bear his presence, without some dread. read more