“I, Daniel, was grieved in my spirit within 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.
- KJV I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of 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.
- 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 7:28Here is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts much troubled me, and my face was changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.
- Gen 40:7–8He asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”
- Dan 2:1In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.
- Rom 9:2–3that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
- Gen 41:8In the morning, his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all of Egypt’s magicians and wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.
- Dan 2:3The king said to them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.
- Jer 17:16As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you; neither have I desired the woeful day; you know. That which came out of my lips was before your face.
- Hab 3:16I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place, because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us.
- Dan 4:5I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
- 2 Pet 1:14knowing that the putting off of my tent comes swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.
- Dan 7:1In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head on his bed: then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.
- Luke 19:41–44When he came near, he saw the city and wept over it,
- Dan 8:27I, Daniel, fainted, and was sick certain days; then I rose up, and did the king’s business: and I wondered at the vision, but no one understood it.
- Jer 15:17–18I didn’t sit in the assembly of those who make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of your hand; for you have filled me with indignation.
- Rev 10:9–11I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book. He said to me, “Take it, and eat it up. It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”
- Dan 4:19Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was stricken mute for a while, and his thoughts troubled him. The king answered, Belteshazzar, don’t let the dream, or the interpretation, trouble you. Belteshazzar answered, My lord, the dream be to those who hate you, and its interpretation to your adversaries.
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