The angel who talked with me came again, and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep.
Parallel translations
- KJV And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,
- BSB Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and woke me, as a man is awakened from his sleep.
- NKJV Now the angel who talked with me came back and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep.
- NASB Then the angel who had been speaking with me returned and woke me, like a person who is awakened from his sleep.
- NLT Then the angel who had been talking with me returned and woke me, as though I had been asleep.
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- Dan 8:18Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright.
- Jer 31:26On this I awakened, and saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.
- Zech 1:9Then I asked, ‘My lord, what are these?’” The angel who talked with me said to me, “I will show you what these are.”
- Zech 1:19I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these?” He answered me, “These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
- Zech 2:3Behold, the angel who talked with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him,
- Luke 9:32Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory, and the two men who stood with him.
- Luke 22:45–46When he rose up from his prayer, he came to the disciples, and found them sleeping because of grief,
- 1 Kgs 19:5–7He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat!”
- Zech 1:13Yahweh answered the angel who talked with me with kind and comforting words.
- Dan 10:8–10So 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.
- Zech 3:6–7Yahweh’s angel protested to Joshua, saying,
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