THEOSISTheodoret of Cyrus
Upon hearing this great voice, the Prophet states, I fell to the ground; unable to bear the fearsome sight, I laid my face upon the earth.
Daniel 10:9Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And I heard the voice of his words: and when I heard I lay in a consternation upon my face, and my face was close to the ground.
וָאֶשְׁמַ֖ע אֶת־ק֣וֹל דְּבָרָ֑יו וּכְשָׁמְעִי֙ אֶת־ק֣וֹל דְּבָרָ֔יו וַאֲנִ֗י הָיִ֛יתִי נִרְדָּ֥ם עַל־פָּנַ֖י וּפָנַ֥י אָֽרְצָה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Dan 8:18And when he spoke to me, I fell flat on the ground: and he touched me, and set me upright.
- Job 4:13In the horror of a vision by night, when deep sleep is wont to hold men,
- Gen 15:12And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great and darksome horror seized upon him.
- Job 33:15By a dream in a vision by night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, and they are sleeping in their beds:
- Luke 22:45And when he rose up from prayer and was come to the disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow.
- Song 5:2I sleep, and my heart watcheth: the voice of my beloved knocking: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is full of dew, and my locks of the drops of the nights.
- Luke 9:32But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep. And waking, they saw his glory and the two men that stood with him.
- Gen 2:21Then the Lord God cast a deep sleep upon Adam: and when he was fast asleep, he took one of his ribs, and filled up flesh for it.