Daniel 10:2-10

New International Version

² At that time I, Daniel, mourned^(A) for three weeks. ³ I ate no choice food; no meat or wine touched my lips;^(B) and I used no lotions at all until the three weeks were over.

⁴ On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank^(C) of the great river, the Tigris,^{(D) 5} I looked up^(E) and there before me was a man dressed in linen,^(F) with a belt of fine gold^(G) from Uphaz around his waist. ⁶ His body was like topaz,^(H) his face like lightning,^(I) his eyes like flaming torches,^(J) his arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze,^(K) and his voice^(L) like the sound of a multitude.

⁷ I, Daniel, was the only one who saw the vision; those who were with me did not see it,^(M) but such terror overwhelmed them that they fled and hid themselves. ⁸ So I was left alone,^(N) gazing at this great vision; I had no strength left,^(O) my face turned deathly pale^(P) and I was helpless.^{(Q) 9} Then I heard him speaking, and as I listened to him, I fell into a deep sleep, my face to the ground.^(R)

¹⁰ A hand touched me^(S) and set me trembling on my hands and knees.^(T)