Charles Ellicott Commentary Daniel 10:17

"For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither was there breath left in me." — Daniel 10:17 (ASV)

For how. —The whole verse must be regarded as addressed by Daniel to the angel. On the phrase neither is there any breath in me, compare 1 Kings 17:17. Here we may notice the same fear that possessed Isaiah at the time of his vision (Isaiah 6:5).