¹³“In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man,^a^o coming^p with the clouds of heaven.^q He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence.

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Footnotes

aThe Aramaic phrase bar enash means human being. The phrase son of man is retained here because of its use in the New Testament as a title of Jesus, probably based largely on this verse.

Cross references

oSee Eze 1:5; See 2:1; Mt 8:20*; Rev 1:13*; 14:14*
p Isa 13:6; Zep 1:14; Mal 3:2; 4:1
qSee Dt 33:26; See Rev 1:7

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“I saw in the night visions,

and behold, with the clouds of heaven

there came one like a son of man,

and he came to the Ancient of Days

and was presented before him.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I continued watching in the night visions,

and suddenly one like a son of man

was coming with the clouds of heaven.

He approached the Ancient of Days

and was escorted before him.

NLTNew Living Translation

As my vision continued that night, I saw someone like a son of man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient One and was led into his presence.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“I continued watching in the visions of the night, and look, with the clouds of heaven one like a son of man was coming, and he came to the Ancient of Days, and was presented before him.

KJV 1900King James Version

I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

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