Daniele 10:9

9 Ed io udii la voce delle parole di colui; e quando ebbi udita la voce delle sue parole, mi addormentai profondamente sopra la mia faccia, col viso in terra.

Daniele 10:9 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 10:9

Yet heard I the voice of his words
Though he was struck with so much awe, and his spirits so greatly depressed, and his body reduced to so low a condition; yet he was capable of attending to the voice, and of hearing the articulate sounds pronounced, and of understanding what was said: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on
my face, and my face toward the ground;
as soon as he heard his words, he fell upon his face to the ground, either in a way of worship and adoration, of prayer and supplication, as the Arabic version suggests; or through awe and reverence of the speaker, as well as through faintness of spirits; and these being quite exhausted, as it were, might be the reason of his falling into a deep sleep; unless it can be thought he was lulled into it, through the sweetness of the voice he had heard.

Daniele 10:9 In-Context

7 Ed io Daniele solo vidi la visione, e gli uomini ch’erano meco non la videro; anzi gran terrore cadde sopra loro, e fuggirono per nascondersi.

8 Ed io rimasi solo, e vidi quella gran visione, e non restò in me forza alcuna, e il mio bel colore fu mutato in ismorto, e non ritenni alcun vigore.

9 Ed io udii la voce delle parole di colui; e quando ebbi udita la voce delle sue parole, mi addormentai profondamente sopra la mia faccia, col viso in terra.

10 Ed ecco, una mano mi toccò, e mi fece muovere, e stare sopra le ginocchia, e sopra le palme delle mani.

11 E mi disse: O Daniele, uomo gradito, intendi le parole che io ti ragiono, e rizzati in piè nel luogo dove stai; perciocchè ora sono stato mandato a te. E quando egli mi ebbe detta quella parola, io mi rizzai in piè tutto tremante.