17 So he came near to where I was standing, and when he came I was frightened and (A)fell on my face; and he said to me, “Son of man, understand that the vision pertains to the (B)time of the end.”

18 Now while he was talking with me, I was (C)dazed with my face to the ground; but he (D)touched me and made me stand at my place. 19 And he said, “Behold, I am going to (E)inform you of what will occur at the final period of the indignation, because it pertains to 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