Daniel 7 · Verse 15

Daniel 7:15

I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
Daniel 7:15, King James Version

Daniel 7:15 in other translations

BSBI, Daniel, was grieved in my spirit, and the visions in my mind alarmed me.
WEB“As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved within my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
ASVAs for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
YLT‘Pierced hath been my spirit--I, Daniel--in the midst of the sheath, and the visions of my head trouble me;
DARBYAs for me Daniel, my spirit was grieved in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
BBEAs for me, Daniel, my spirit was pained because of this, and the visions of my head were troubling me.
WebsterI Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.

What does Daniel 7:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. body--literally, "sheath": the body being the "sheath" of the soul.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 I Daniel was grieved, etc. - The words in the original are uncommonly emphatic. My spirit was grieved, or sickened, בגו נדנה bego nidneh, within its sheath or scabbard. Which I think proves, 1. That the human spirit is different from the body. 2. That it has a proper subsistence independently of the body, which is only its sheath for a certain time. 3. That the spirit may exist independently of its body, as the sword does independently of its sheath.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Daniel 7:15-28
It is desirable to obtain the right and full sense of what we see and hear from God; and those that would know, must ask by faithful and fervent prayer. The angel told Daniel plainly. He especially desired to know respecting the little horn, which made war with the saints, and prevailed against them. Here is foretold the rage of papal Rome against true Christians. St. John, in his visions and prophecies, which point in the first place at Rome, has plain reference to these visions. Daniel had a joyful prospect of the prevalence of God's kingdom among men. This refers to the second coming of our blessed Lord, when the saints shall triumph in the complete fall of Satan's kingdom. The saints of the Most High shall possess the kingdom for ever. Far be it from us to infer from hence, that dominion is founded on grace. It promises that the gospel kingdom shall be set up; a kingdom of light, holiness, and love; a kingdom of grace, the privileges and comforts of which shall be the earnest and first-fruits of the kingdom of glory. But the full accomplishment will be in the everlasting happiness of the saints, the kingdom that cannot be moved. The gathering together the whole family of God will be a blessedness of Christ's coming.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Daniel 7:15 in the original Hebrew

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אֶתְכְּרִיַּ֥ת'et.ke.ri.Yatit was distressedH3735
רוּחִ֛יru.Chispirit myH7308
אֲנָ֥ה'a.NahIH576
דָנִיֵּ֖אלda.ni.YelDanielH1841
בְּג֣וֹאbe.Go'in [the] midst ofH1459
נִדְנֶ֑הnid.Neh[the] sheathH5085
וְחֶזְוֵ֥יve.chez.Veiand [the] visions ofH2376
רֵאשִׁ֖יre.Shihead myH7217
יְבַהֲלֻנַּֽנִי\׃ye.va.ha.lu.Na.nithey alarmed meH927

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Daniel 7:15

  • Daniel 7:28

    Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.

  • Jeremiah 17:16

    As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.

  • Romans 9:2-3

    That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

  • 2 Peter 1:14

    Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.

  • Daniel 2:1

    And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.

  • Luke 19:41-44

    And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

  • Genesis 41:8

    And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.

  • Daniel 2:3

    And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.

  • Daniel 7:1

    In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.

  • Genesis 40:7-8

    And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day? And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.

  • Habakkuk 3:16

    When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.

  • Daniel 8:27

    And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king’s business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
was grieved.
28; 8:27; Jer 15:17,18; 17:16; Hab 3:16; Lu 19:41-44; Ro 9:2,3
Re 10:9-11
body. Chal. sheath.
2Pe 1:14
the visions.
2:1,3; 4:5; Ge 40:7,8; 41:8

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Context

  • Daniel 7:14

    And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

  • Daniel 7:15

    I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.

  • Daniel 7:16

    I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.

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Daniel 7:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mi espíritu fué turbado, yo Daniel, en medio de mi cuerpo, y las visiones de mi cabeza me asombraron.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Moi, Daniel, je fus troublé dans mon esprit au-dedans de mon corps, et les visions de ma tête m’effrayèrent.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Mir, Daniel, ward mein Geist in mir tief ergriffen, und die Gesichte meines Hauptes ängstigten mich.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Horruit spiritus meus: ego Daniel territus sum in his, et visiones capitis mei conturbaverunt me.