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His body resembled yellow jasper,[a] and his face had an appearance like lightning. His eyes were like blazing torches;[b] his arms and feet had the gleam of polished bronze. His voice[c] thundered forth like the sound of a large crowd.

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Footnotes

  1. 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”).
  2. Daniel 10:6 tn Heb “torches of fire.”
  3. Daniel 10:6 tn Heb “The sound of his words” (cf. v. 9).