Daniel 8:18

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“While he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Then he touched me, helped me to my feet,”

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BSBPD

“While he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Then he touched me, helped me to my feet,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Daniel 8:18 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 15:12As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.
  2. Job 4:13In disquieting visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
  3. Ezekiel 2:2And as He spoke to me, the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet, and I heard Him speaking to me.
  4. Daniel 8:17As he came near to where I stood, I was terrified and fell facedown. “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.”
  5. Daniel 8:27I, Daniel, was exhausted and lay ill for days. Then I got up and went about the king’s business. I was confounded by the vision; it was beyond understanding.
  6. Daniel 10:8So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.
  7. Daniel 10:9I heard the sound of his words, and as I listened, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground.
  8. Daniel 10:16And suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome with anguish, and I have no strength.
  9. Daniel 10:18Again the one with the likeness of a man touched me and strengthened me.
  10. Zechariah 4:1Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and woke me, as a man is awakened from his sleep.
  11. Luke 9:32Meanwhile Peter and his companions were overcome by sleep, but when they awoke, they saw Jesus’ glory and the two men standing with Him.
  12. Luke 22:45When Jesus rose from prayer and returned to the disciples, He found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.
  13. Acts 26:6And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,

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