Daniel 10:6

10:6 His body resembled yellow jasper, ¹  and his face had an appearance like lightning. His eyes were like blazing torches; ²  his arms and feet had the gleam of polished bronze. His voice ³  thundered forth like the sound of a large crowd.

Daniel 10:9

10:9 I listened to his voice, ⁴  and as I did so ⁵  I fell into a trance-like sleep with my face to the ground.

¹ 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.”

² tn Heb “torches of fire.”

³ tn Heb “The sound of his words” (cf. v. 9).

⁴ tc Heb “I heard the sound of his words.” These words are absent in the LXX and the Syriac.

⁵ tn Heb “as I listened to the sound of his words.”