Daniel 10:6

Daniel 10:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
• New International Version (NIV)His body was like topaz, his face like lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude.
• English Standard Version (ESV)His body was like beryl, his face like the appearance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude.
• New King James Version (NKJV)His body was like beryl, his face like the appearance of lightning, his eyes like torches of fire, his arms and feet like burnished bronze in color, and the sound of his words like the voice of a multitude.

Context of Daniel 10:6

4On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris, 5I lifted up my eyes, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist. His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude. 7Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men with me did not see it, but a great terror fell upon them, and they ran and hid themselves. 8So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.

Daniel 10:6 word by word

וּגְוִיָּת֣וֹ כְתַרְשִׁ֗ישׁ וּפָנָ֞יו כְּמַרְאֵ֤ה בָרָק֙ וְעֵינָיו֙ כְּלַפִּ֣ידֵי אֵ֔שׁ וּזְרֹֽעֹתָיו֙ וּמַרְגְּלֹתָ֔יו כְּעֵ֖ין נְחֹ֣שֶׁת קָלָ֑ל וְק֥וֹל דְּבָרָ֖יו כְּק֥וֹל הָמֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear

• His bodyגְּוִיָּהgevîyâh · bodyH1472
• like berylתַּרְשִׁישׁtarshîysh · jasperH8658
• his faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• like the brillianceמַרְאֶהmar'eh · appearanceH4758
• of lightningבָּרָקbârâq · lightningH1300
• his eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• like flamingאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• torchesלַפִּידlappîyd lappid · torchH3940
• his armsזְרוֹעַzerôa‛ zerôa‛ zerô‛âh zerô‛âh · armH2220
• and legsמַרְגְּלוֹתmargelâh · feetH4772
• like the gleamעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: appearanceH5869
• of polishedקָלָלqâlâl · burnishedH7044
• bronzeנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178
• andקוֹלqôl qôl · voice: soundH6963
• his voiceדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• of a multitudeהָמוֹןhâmôn hâmôn · crowdH1995

Cross-references for Daniel 10:6

• Exodus 28:20and in the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. Mount these stones in gold filigree settings.
• Ezekiel 1:16The workmanship of the wheels looked like the gleam of beryl, and all four had the same likeness. Their workmanship looked like a wheel within a wheel.
• Ezekiel 10:9Then I looked and saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. And the wheels gleamed like a beryl stone.
• Revelation 21:20the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.
• Ezekiel 1:14The creatures were darting back and forth as quickly as flashes of lightning.
• Matthew 17:2There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
• Luke 9:29And as He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became radiantly white.
• Revelation 1:13and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest.
• Revelation 19:12He has eyes like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His head. He has a name written on Him that only He Himself knows.
• Ezekiel 1:24When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings like the roar of many waters, like the voice of the Almighty, like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.
• Revelation 10:3Then he cried out in a loud voice like the roar of a lion. And when he cried out, the seven thunders sounded their voices.

Commentaries on Daniel 10:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6His body also was like the beryl - The description of this person is very similar to that of our Lord in Revelation 1:13-15.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6His body also was like the beryl - There is a very striking resemblance between the description here given and that of the Saviour as he appeared to John in Patmos, Revelation 1:13-16. See the notes at that passage. It contains, however, no description of the appearance of the body. “Beryl” is “a mineral of great hardness, occurring in green and bluish-green six-sided prisms. It is identical with the emerald, except that the latter has a purer and richer…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6The man in linen clothing is an unknown messenger of the Lord (compare Daniel 10:16, 18; 12:6–7; see also Ezekiel 9:3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. beryl--literally, "Tarshish," in Spain. The beryl, identical with the chrysolite or topaz, was imported into the East from Tarshish, and therefore is called "the Tarshish stone."Read the comment

Topics related to Daniel 10:6

• Angel (a Spirit)
• Brass
• Lightning

In the dictionaries

• Beryl
• Copper
• Quaking
• Appearance
• Body
• Eschatology of the New Testament
• Fine
• Lightning
• Stones, Precious
• Tarshish

Commentaries on Daniel 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings