Verse Lens · Context pointer
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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Role in This Section
Daniel 10:8 contributes this concrete line to the movement: “Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in…”.
Read It With
- Daniel 10:4–9
Read Daniel 10:8 with 10:4–9. Daniel 10:8 advances “A Radiant Figure Overwhelms Daniel” with the textual step “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 It Needs Context
Daniel 10:8 depends on 10:4–9; isolated teaching would detach “Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in…” from “A Radiant Figure Overwhelms Daniel.”
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Daniel 10:4-9 — A Radiant Figure Overwhelms DanielSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
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
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