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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ויהי בראתי אני דניאל--את החזון ואבקשה בינה והנה עמד לנגדי כמראה גבר
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vyhy brAty Any dnyAl--At hKHzvn vAbqSHh bynh vhnh `md lngdy kmrAh gbr

Intermediate language

King James Variants
American King James Version   
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.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
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 one having the appearance of a man.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
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.
Authorized (King James) Version   
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.
New King James Version   
Then it happened, when I, Daniel, had seen the vision and was seeking the meaning, that suddenly there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.
21st Century King James Version   
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 one with the appearance of a man.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
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.
Darby Bible Translation   
And it came to pass, when I Daniel had seen the vision, I sought for the understanding of it, and behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And it came to pass when I Daniel saw the vision, and sought the meaning, that behold there stood before me as it were the appearance of a man.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
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.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it. And behold, there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.
God's Word   
Now as I, Daniel, watched the vision and tried to understand it, I saw someone who looked like a man standing in front of me.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there stood before me someone who appeared to be a man.
International Standard Version   
"After I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I tried to understand it. All of a sudden, there was standing in front of me one who appeared to be valiant.
NET Bible   
While I, Daniel, was watching the vision, I sought to understand it. Now one who appeared to be a man was standing before me.
New American Standard Bible   
When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it; and behold, standing before me was one who looked like a man.
New International Version   
While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there before me stood one who looked like a man.
New Living Translation   
As I, Daniel, was trying to understand the meaning of this vision, someone who looked like a man stood in front of me.
Webster's Bible Translation   
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.
The World English Bible   
It happened, 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.
EasyEnglish Bible   
When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I tried to understand it. Then someone came to stand in front of me. He seemed like a man.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
`And it cometh to pass in my seeing -- I, Daniel -- the vision, that I require understanding, and lo, standing over-against me [is] as the appearance of a mighty one.
New Life Version   
When I, Daniel, had seen the special dream, I tried to understand it. Then I saw one standing in front of me who looked like a man.
The Voice Bible   
As I, Daniel, was trying to understand the meaning of this vision I had seen, suddenly, someone who looked like a human stood in front of me.
Living Bible   
As I was trying to understand the meaning of this vision, suddenly a man was standing in front of me—or at least he looked like a man—
New Catholic Bible   
While I, Daniel, tried to understand the vision that I had seen, I saw someone standing before me who had the appearance of a man.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Now it happened when I, Daniel, had seen the vision, that I sought to understand it; and behold, standing before me was one who had the appearance of a man.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
And it came to pass, as I, Daniel, was considering the vision and seeking to understand it, behold, there stood before me the likeness of a man.
Christian Standard Bible   
While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there stood before me someone who appeared to be a man.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
When I, even I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it; then behold, there stood before me one [Gabriel] with the appearance of a man.
New Century Version   
I, Daniel, saw this vision and tried to understand what it meant. In it I saw someone who looked like a man standing near me.
The Message   
“While I, Daniel, was trying to make sense of what I was seeing, suddenly there was a humanlike figure standing before me.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I tried to understand it. Then suddenly there was someone standing in front of me who had the appearance of a man.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I tried to understand it. Then someone appeared standing before me, having the appearance of a man,
Good News Translation®   
I was trying to understand what the vision meant, when suddenly someone was standing in front of me.
Wycliffe Bible   
Forsooth it was done, when I, Daniel, saw the vision, and asked the understanding, lo! as the likeness of a man stood in my sight. (And it was done, when I, Daniel, saw the vision, and tried to understand it, lo! someone with the appearance of a man stood before me.)
Contemporary English Version   
Daniel wrote: I was trying to figure out the meaning of the vision, when someone suddenly appeared there beside me.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it; and behold, there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I tried to understand it. Then someone appeared standing before me, having the appearance of a man,
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I tried to understand it. Then someone appeared standing before me, having the appearance of a man,
Common English Bible © 2011   
Now I, Daniel, needed help understanding the vision I saw. Suddenly standing in front of me was someone who looked like a man.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it; then behold, standing before me was one who looked like a man.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it. And behold, there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
While I, Daniel, sought the meaning of the vision I had seen, one who looked like a man stood before me,
New American Standard Bible   
When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it; and behold, standing before me was one who looked like a man.
The Expanded Bible   
I, Daniel, saw this vision and ·tried to understand what it meant [L sought understanding]. I saw someone who looked like a man standing near me.
Tree of Life Version   
“Now it happened that while I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, behold, standing before me was one with the appearance of a man.
Revised Standard Version   
When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it; and behold, there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.
New International Reader's Version   
I was having the vision. And I was trying to understand it. Then I saw someone who looked like a man.
BRG Bible   
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.
Complete Jewish Bible   
After I, Dani’el, had seen the vision and was trying to understand it, suddenly there stood in front of me someone who appeared to be a man.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I tried to understand it. Then someone appeared standing before me, having the appearance of a man,
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, was beholding the chazon, that I sought the meaning; then, hinei, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
Names of God Bible   
Now as I, Daniel, watched the vision and tried to understand it, I saw someone who looked like a man standing in front of me.
Modern English Version   
When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought for the meaning. Then there before me stood one who had the appearance of a man.
Easy-to-Read Version   
I, Daniel, saw this vision and tried to understand what it meant. While I was thinking about the vision, someone who looked like a man suddenly stood in front of me.
International Children’s Bible   
I, Daniel, saw this vision. And I tried to understand what it meant. Then someone who looked like a man suddenly stood before me.
Lexham English Bible   
And then when I, Daniel, saw the vision, and I was seeking understanding, there was one standing before me with the appearance of a man.
New International Version - UK   
While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there before me stood one who looked like a man.