Daniel 10:5-6

10:5 I looked up ¹  and saw a ²  man ³  clothed in linen; ⁴  around his waist was a belt made of gold from Upaz. ⁵  10:6 His body resembled yellow jasper, ⁶  and his face had an appearance like lightning. His eyes were like blazing torches; ⁷  his arms and feet had the gleam of polished bronze. His voice ⁸  thundered forth like the sound of a large crowd.

Daniel 10:8

10:8 I alone was left to see this great vision. My strength drained from ⁹  me, and my vigor disappeared; ¹⁰  I was without energy. ¹¹ 

Daniel 10:16-19

10:16 Then ¹²  one who appeared to be a human being ¹³  was touching my lips. I opened my mouth and started to speak, saying to the one who was standing before me, “Sir, ¹⁴  due to the vision, anxiety has gripped me and I have no strength. 10:17 How, sir, am I able to speak with you? ¹⁵  My strength is gone, ¹⁶  and I am breathless.” 10:18 Then the one who appeared to be a human being touched me again ¹⁷  and strengthened me. 10:19 He said to me, “Don’t be afraid, you who are valued. ¹⁸  Peace be to you! Be strong! Be really strong!” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened. I said, “Sir, you may speak now, ¹⁹  for you have given me strength.”

¹ tn Heb “I lifted up my eyes.”

² tn Heb “one.” The Hebrew numerical adjective is used here like an English indefinite article.

³ sn The identity of the messenger is not specifically disclosed. Presumably he is an unnamed angel. Some interpreters identify him as Gabriel, but there is no adequate reason for doing so.

⁴ tn The Hebrew word בַּדִּים (baddim) is a plural of extension. See GKC 396-97 §124.a, b, c and Joüon 2:500 §136.c.

⁵ tn The location of this place and even the exact form of the Hebrew name אוּפָז (’ufaz) are uncertain. Apparently it was a source for pure gold. (See Jer 10:9.) The Hebrew word פָז (paz, “refined gold” or “pure gold”) is more common in the OT than אוּפָז, and some scholars emend the text of Dan 10:5 to read this word. Cf. also “Ophir” (1 Kgs 9:28; Isa 13:12; Job 22:24; 28:16).

⁶ tn The Hebrew word translated “yellow jasper” is תַּרשִׁישׁ (tarshish); it appears to be a semiprecious stone, but its exact identity is somewhat uncertain. It may be the yellow jasper, although this is conjectural. Cf. NAB, NIV “chrysolite”; NASB, NRSV “beryl.”

⁷ tn Heb “torches of fire.”

⁸ tn Heb “The sound of his words” (cf. v. 9).

¹¹ tn Heb “did not remain in.”

¹² tn Heb “was changed upon me for ruin.”

¹³ tn Heb “strength.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “Behold.”

¹⁷ tc So most Hebrew MSS; one Hebrew MS along with the Dead Sea Scrolls and LXX read “something that looked like a man’s hand.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “my lord,” here a title of polite address. Cf. v. 19.

²¹ tn Heb “How is the servant of this my lord able to speak with this my lord?”

²² tn Heb “does not stand.”

²⁶ tn Heb “He added and touched me.” The construction is a verbal hendiadys.

³¹ tn Heb “treasured man.”

³² tn Heb “my lord may speak.”