Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
Parallel translations
- WEB So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
- BSB So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.
- NKJV Therefore I was left alone when I saw this great vision, and no strength remained in me; for my vigor was turned to frailty in me, and I retained no strength.
- NASB So I was left alone and saw this great vision; yet no strength was left in me, for my complexion turned to a deathly pallor, and I retained no strength.
- NLT So I was left there all alone to see this amazing vision. My strength left me, my face grew deathly pale, and I felt very weak.
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Quick answer
Left alone, Daniel is drained of all strength, his face turned pale by the glory before him. Encountering God's holiness exposes human frailty.
Overview
Like Isaiah crying 'Woe is me' before the throne, Daniel collapses under the weight of heavenly glory. The vision strips away every trace of his own vigor and dignity. This is the consistent biblical pattern: those who truly meet God are undone by His holiness, and only His grace can restore them, as the following verses show.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Dan 7:28Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.
- Hab 3:16When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
- Dan 8:27And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king’s business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.
- Mark 9:6For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.
- Rev 1:17And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
- Matt 17:6And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
- Dan 8:7And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.
- 2 Cor 12:7And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
- Gen 32:31And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
- Gen 32:24–25And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
- 2 Cor 12:2–3I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
- John 16:32Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
- Exod 3:3And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
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Daniel sees the stone cut without hands that shatters the kingdoms, and 'one like a son of man' given everlasting dominion — titles and visions Jesus claims as his own.
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