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Daniel 10:18

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18 Again the one who looked like a man touched me and gave me strength.
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Daniel 10:18 in Other Translations

KJV
18 Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,
ESV
18 Again one having the appearance of a man touched me and strengthened me.
NLT
18 Then the one who looked like a man touched me again, and I felt my strength returning.
MSG
18 "Then this humanlike figure touched me again and gave me strength.
CSB
18 Then the one with human likeness touched me again and strengthened me.

Daniel 10:18 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 10:18

Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance
of a man
Or one like a man again touched him; the same that touched him before, ( Daniel 10:16 ) , perhaps Gabriel, since he uses the same language in the following verse as he does ( Daniel 10:11 ) : and he strengthened me;
both in body and mind, by his free and familiar conversation with him, and the comfortable words he spoke to him, a divine power accompanying them for that purpose.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Daniel 10:18 In-Context

16 Then one who looked like a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and began to speak. I said to the one standing before me, “I am overcome with anguish because of the vision, my lord, and I feel very weak.
17 How can I, your servant, talk with you, my lord? My strength is gone and I can hardly breathe.”
18 Again the one who looked like a man touched me and gave me strength.
19 “Do not be afraid, you who are highly esteemed,” he said. “Peace! Be strong now; be strong.” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, “Speak, my lord, since you have given me strength.”
20 So he said, “Do you know why I have come to you? Soon I will return to fight against the prince of Persia, and when I go, the prince of Greece will come;

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