17 So he came near where I stood. And when he came, (A)I was frightened (B)and fell on my face. But he said to me, “Understand, (C)O son of man, that the vision is for (D)the time of the end.”

18 And when he had spoken to me, (E)I fell into a deep sleep with my face to the ground. But (F)he touched me and made me stand up. 19 He said, “Behold, I will make known to you what shall be at the latter end of (G)the indignation, for it refers to (H)the appointed time of the end.

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

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

19 He said: “I am going to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath,(E) because the vision concerns the appointed time(F) of the end.[b](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.
  2. Daniel 8:19 Or because the end will be at the appointed time