I looked up, and there was a man dressed in linen,(A) with a belt of gold(B) from Uphaz[a](C) around his waist. His body was like beryl,[b] his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches,(D) his arms and feet like the gleam of polished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude.(E)

Only I, Daniel, saw the vision.(F) The men who were with me did not see it,(G) but a great terror fell on them,(H) and they ran and hid.

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Footnotes

  1. 10:5 Some Hb mss read Ophir
  2. 10:6 The identity of this stone is uncertain.

I looked up(A) and there before me was a man dressed in linen,(B) with a belt of fine gold(C) from Uphaz around his waist. His body was like topaz,(D) his face like lightning,(E) his eyes like flaming torches,(F) his arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze,(G) and his voice(H) like the sound of a multitude.

I, Daniel, was the only one who saw the vision; those who were with me did not see it,(I) but such terror overwhelmed them that they fled and hid themselves.

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