I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
Parallel translations
- WEB As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved within my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
- BSB I, Daniel, was grieved in my spirit, and the visions in my mind alarmed me.
- NKJV “I, Daniel, was grieved in my spirit within my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
- NASB “As for me, Daniel, my spirit was distressed within me, and the visions in my mind kept alarming me.
- NLT I, Daniel, was troubled by all I had seen, and my visions terrified me.
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Quick answer
Daniel is deeply disturbed by his vision of the four beasts. Even a faithful prophet finds God's revelations of future judgment weighty and unsettling.
Overview
Having seen the vision of the four beasts and the heavenly courtroom (7:1-14), Daniel reacts with grief and inner turmoil. His distress underscores that prophetic insight into history's tumult is no light thing, even for those who trust God. His honest troubling reminds us that walking by faith does not exempt believers from wrestling with hard truths about a fallen world awaiting Christ's final reign.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 16
- 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.
- Gen 40:7–8And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
- Dan 2:1And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
- Rom 9:2–3That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
- Gen 41:8And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
- Dan 2:3And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
- Jer 17:16As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.
- 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 4:5I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
- 2 Pet 1:14Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
- Dan 7:1In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.
- Luke 19:41–44And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
- 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.
- Jer 15:17–18I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
- Rev 10:9–11And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
- Dan 4:19Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.
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