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16 And I hear a voice of man between [the banks of] Ulai, and he calleth and saith: Gabriel, cause this [one] to understand the appearance.

17 And he cometh in near my station, and at his coming in I have been afraid, and I fall on my face, and he saith unto me: Understand, son of man, for at the time of the end [is] the vision.

18 And in his speaking with me, I have been in a trance on my face, on the earth; and he cometh against me, and causeth me to stand on my station,

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16 And I heard a man’s voice from the Ulai(A) calling, “Gabriel,(B) tell this man the meaning of the vision.”(C)

17 As he came near the place where I was standing, I was terrified and fell prostrate.(D) “Son of man,”[a] he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.”(E)

18 While he was speaking to me, I was in a deep sleep, with my face to the ground.(F) Then he touched me and raised me to my feet.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 8:17 The Hebrew phrase ben adam means human being. The phrase son of man is retained as a form of address here because of its possible association with “Son of Man” in the New Testament.