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Berean Standard Bible

“While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.”

Daniel 8:15

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Daniel has seen a vision of a ram and a goat, symbols of coming empires, and he is trying to understand it. He is in the citadel of Susa, by the Ulai canal.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.

World English Bible (WEB)

When I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it. Then behold, there stood before me something like the appearance of a man.

King James Version (KJV)

And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, that I sought to understand it; and, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And it came about that when I, Daniel, had seen this vision, I had a desire for the sense of it to be unfolded; and I saw one before me in the form of a man.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y acaeció que estando yo Daniel considerando la visión, y buscando su inteligencia, he aquí, como una semejanza de hombre se puso delante de mí.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

»Mientras yo estaba tratando de comprender el significado de esta visión, repentinamente un hombre, o por lo menos parecía un hombre, se paró delante de mí,

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