Daniel 10:2-12

Holman Christian Standard Bible

² In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three full weeks.^{(A) 3} I didn’t eat any rich food,^(B) no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I didn’t put any oil on my body until the three weeks were over. ⁴ On the twenty-fourth day of the first month,^[a] as I was standing on the bank of the great river,^(C) the Tigris, ⁵ I looked up, and there was a man dressed in linen,^(D) with a belt of gold^(E) from Uphaz^[b](F) around his waist. ⁶ His body was like topaz,^[c] his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches,^(G) his arms and feet like the gleam of polished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude.^(H)

⁷ Only I, Daniel, saw the vision.^(I) The men who were with me did not see it,^(J) but a great terror fell on them,^(K) and they ran and hid. ⁸ I was left alone, looking at this great vision.^(L) No strength was left in me; my face grew deathly pale,^[d](M) and I was powerless. ⁹ I heard the words he said, and when I heard them I fell into a deep sleep,^[e](N) with my face to the ground.

Angelic Conflict

¹⁰ Suddenly, a hand touched me and raised me to my hands and knees. ¹¹ He said to me, “Daniel, you are a man treasured by God.^(O) Understand the words that I’m saying to you. Stand on your feet,^(P) for I have now been sent to you.”^(Q) After he said this to me, I stood trembling.

¹² “Don’t be afraid,^(R) Daniel,” he said to me, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God,^(S) your prayers were heard. I have come because of your prayers.^(T)