Daniel 8:27

And I Daniel fainted and was sick certain days,.... Or, "then I Daniel fainted" (x); after he had seen the vision, and had thought upon it, and considered the afflictions that were to come upon the…

And I Daniel fainted - Hebrew, “I was “ - נהייתי nı̂heyēythı̂y. Compare Dan 2:1. The meaning, according to Gesenius (“Lexicon”), is, “I was done up, and was sick:” - I was done over, etc. Perhaps the…

Daniel fainted - To foresee the desolations that were coming on the land, the city, the temple, and the people.

Did the king's business - Transacted the affairs of state that belonged to my…

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I. Daniel's earnest desire to have this vision explained to him (Dan 8:15): I sought the meaning. Note, Those that rightly know the things of God cannot but desire to know more and more…

fainted The expression is peculiar: if correct, it must mean I was done with, exhausted, the verb being the same that is used in Dan 2:1 in the passage -his sleep was done withupon him." It does not…