16 And I heard a man’s voice from the Ulai(A) calling, “Gabriel,(B) tell this man the meaning of the vision.”(C)

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

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

16 And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.

17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.

18 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.

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