Daniel 10:17
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And how can the servant of my lord speak with my lord? for no strength remaineth in me; moreover, my breath is stopped.

the servant of this my lord.

Matthew 22:43,44 He saith to them: How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying: . . .

Mark 12:36 For David himself saith by the Holy Ghost: The Lord said to my Lord: Sit on my right hand, until I make thy enemies thy footstool.

talk.

Genesis 32:20 And ye shall add: Thy servant Jacob himself also followeth after us; for he said: I will appease him with the presents that go before, and afterwards I will see him, perhaps he will be gracious to me.

Exodus 24:10,11 And they saw the God of Israel: and under his feet as it were a work of sapphire stone, and as the heaven, when clear. . . .

Exodus 33:20 And again he said: Thou canst not see my face: for man shall not see me, and live.

Judges 6:22 And Gedeon seeing that it was the angel of the Lord, said: Alas, my Lord God: for I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.

Judges 13:21-23 And the angel of the Lord appeared to them no more. And forthwith Manue understood that it was an angel of the Lord, . . .

Isaiah 6:1-5 In the year that king Ozias died, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne high and elevated: and his train filled the temple. . . .

John 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time: the only begotten Son who is in the Bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

straightway.

Daniel 10:8 And I, being left alone, saw this great vision: and there remained no strength in me, and the appearance of my countenance was changed in me, and I fainted away, and retained no strength.

Context
Daniel's Vision by the Tigris
16And behold as it were the likeness of a son of man touched my lips: then I opened my mouth and spoke, and said to him that stood before me: O my lord, at the sight of thee my joints are loosed, and no strength hath remained in me. 17And how can the servant of my lord speak with my lord? for no strength remaineth in me; moreover, my breath is stopped.18Therefore, he that looked like a man, touched me again, and strengthened me.…
Cross References
Exodus 24:10
And they saw the God of Israel: and under his feet as it were a work of sapphire stone, and as the heaven, when clear.

Exodus 24:11
Neither did he lay his hand upon those of the children of Israel, that retired afar off, and they saw God, and they did eat and drink.

Isaiah 6:1
In the year that king Ozias died, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne high and elevated: and his train filled the temple.

Daniel 4:19
It is thou, O king, who art grown great, and become mighty: for thy greatness hath grown, and hath reached to heaven, and thy power unto the ends of the earth.

Daniel 10:8
And I, being left alone, saw this great vision: and there remained no strength in me, and the appearance of my countenance was changed in me, and I fainted away, and retained no strength.

Lexicon
How
וְהֵ֣יךְ (wə·hêḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 1963: How?

can I,
יוּכַ֗ל (yū·ḵal)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3201: To be able, have power

[your]
אֲדֹנִי֙ (’ă·ḏō·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 113: Sovereign, controller

servant,
עֶ֤בֶד (‘e·ḇeḏ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant

speak
לְדַבֵּ֖ר (lə·ḏab·bêr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

with
עִם־ (‘im-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5973: With, equally with

[you],
זֶ֑ה (zeh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

my lord?
אֲדֹ֣נִי (’ă·ḏō·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 113: Sovereign, controller

Now
מֵעַ֙תָּה֙ (mê·‘at·tāh)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 6258: At this time

I
וַאֲנִ֤י (wa·’ă·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: I

have
יַעֲמָד־ (ya·‘ă·māḏ-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5975: To stand, in various relations

no
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

strength,
כֹ֔חַ (ḵō·aḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3581: A small reptile (of unknown species)

nor
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

is any breath
וּנְשָׁמָ֖ה (ū·nə·šā·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5397: A puff, wind, angry, vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect, an animal

left
נִשְׁאֲרָה־ (niš·’ă·rāh-)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7604: To swell up, be, redundant

in me.”
בִֽי׃ (ḇî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew


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

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.

And how shall thy servant be able, O my lord, to speak with this my lord? and as for me, from henceforth strength will not remain in me, and there is no breath left in me.

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.

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.

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, neither is there breath left in me.

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, neither was there breath left in me.

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.
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