Daniel 10:17 “How can I, your servant, speak with you, my lord? Now I have no streng…”

Daniel 10:17

How can I, your servant, speak with you, my lord? Now I have no strength, nor is any breath left in me.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.

World English Bible

For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? For as for me, immediately there remained no strength in me. There was no breath left in me.”

American Standard Version

For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither was there breath left in me.

Geneva Bible 1599

For howe can the seruant of this my Lord talke with my Lord being such one? for as for me, straight way there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.

Darby Translation

And how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remaineth no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.

Young's Literal Translation

And how is the servant of this my lord able to speak with this my lord? as for me, henceforth there remaineth in me no power, yea, breath hath not been left in me.

Bible in Basic English

For how may this servant of my lord have talk with my lord? for, as for me, straight away my strength went from me and there was no breath in my body.

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Cross references

“the servant of this my lord”

Mark 12:36 Matthew 22:43 Matthew 22:44

Mark 12:36 · BSB

Speaking by the Holy Spirit, David himself declared: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’

Matthew 22:43 · BSB

Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:

Matthew 22:44 · BSB

‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’

“talk”

Isaiah 6:1–5 Genesis 32:20 Exodus 33:20 Judges 6:22 Judges 13:21–23 John 1:18

Isaiah 6:1–5 · BSB

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.

Genesis 32:20 · BSB

You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I will appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me. ”

Exodus 33:20 · BSB

But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”

Judges 6:22 · BSB

When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he said, “Oh no, Lord GOD! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!”

Judges 13:21–23 · BSB

And when the angel of the LORD did not appear again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it had been the angel of the LORD.

John 1:18 · BSB

No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.

18Again the one with the likeness of a man touched me and strengthened me.

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