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Daniel 10:8 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 8. 8Therefore 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.
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Quick Meaning
Daniel 10:8 develops this movement with “Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in…”.
By the Tigris a linen-clad figure undoes Daniel's strength
This verse is one part of that explanation in Daniel 10:4-9. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Daniel 10:4–9
Read Daniel 10:8 with 10:4–9. Daniel 10:8 develops this movement with “Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in…”. The complete unit establishes this movement: By the Tigris Daniel alone sees a linen-clad radiant figure, while his companions flee in dread and his strength collapses.
Why This Verse Appears Here
10:1-3 completes “Date, Disclosure, Mourning, and Restricted Food”; the text now turns to “A Radiant Figure Overwhelms Daniel.” Its final verse prepares “The Messenger Raises Daniel and Explains Delay” in 10:10-14. Within that movement: Daniel 10:8 develops this movement with “Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in…”.
What Remains True
Human beings may receive strength enough for truth without receiving control over the unseen or the future. Daniel 10:4-9 keeps that truth tied to this claim: By the Tigris Daniel alone sees a linen-clad radiant figure, while his companions flee in dread and his strength collapses. In this unit: Daniel 10:8 develops this movement with “Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in…”.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Daniel 10:4-9 — A Radiant Figure Overwhelms DanielSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
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Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: Daniel 10:4-9, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew aramaic text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Daniel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew-Aramaic wording, morphology, language boundary, names, repeated roots, clauses, and lexical controls.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Dan.xml, 10:4-9; Hebrew 1:1–2:4a and 8:1–12:13, Aramaic 2:4b–7:28
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Daniel with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level Hebrew-Aramaic, textual, historical, translation, chronology, angelic-language, and duration notes.
Exact location: NET Bible Daniel PDF, printed pp. 1664–1665, translation and translator notes on 10:4-9
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