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Daniel 10:5-7
New English Translation
Daniel 10:5-7
New English Translation
5 I looked up[a] and saw a[b] man[c] clothed in linen;[d] around his waist was a belt made of gold from Ufaz.[e] 6 His body resembled yellow jasper,[f] and his face had an appearance like lightning. His eyes were like blazing torches;[g] his arms and feet had the gleam of polished bronze. His voice[h] thundered forth like the sound of a large crowd.
7 Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men who were with me did not see it.[i] On the contrary, they were overcome with fright[j] and ran away to hide.
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- Daniel 10:5 tn Heb “I lifted up my eyes.”
- Daniel 10:5 tn Heb “one.” The Hebrew numerical adjective is used here like an English indefinite article.
- Daniel 10:5 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.
- Daniel 10:5 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.
- Daniel 10:5 tn The location of this place and even the exact form of the Hebrew name אוּפָז (ʾufaz) are uncertain. Apparently it was a source for pure gold. (See Jer 10:9.) The Hebrew word פָּז (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).
- Daniel 10:6 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”).
- Daniel 10:6 tn Heb “torches of fire.”
- Daniel 10:6 tn Heb “The sound of his words” (cf. v. 9).
- Daniel 10:7 tn Heb “the vision.”
- Daniel 10:7 tn Heb “great trembling fell on them.”
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