Daniel 10:1-9

New American Standard Bible 1995

Daniel Is Terrified by a Vision

10 In the third year of ^(A)Cyrus king of Persia a ^[a]message was revealed to ^(B)Daniel, who was named Belteshazzar; and the ^[b](C)message was true and one of great ^[c]conflict, but he understood the ^[d]message and had an ^(D)understanding of the vision.

² In those days, I, Daniel, had been ^(E)mourning for three entire weeks. ³ I ^(F)did not eat any ^[e]tasty food, nor did meat or wine enter my mouth, nor did I use any ointment at all until the entire three weeks were completed. ⁴ On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, while I was by the bank of the great ^(G)river, that is, the ^[f]Tigris, ⁵ I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a certain man ^(H)dressed in linen, whose waist was ^(I)girded with a belt of pure ^(J)gold of Uphaz. ⁶ His body also was like ^[g]beryl, his face ^[h]had the appearance of lightning, ^(K)his eyes were like flaming torches, his arms and feet like the gleam of polished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a ^[i]tumult. ⁷ Now I, Daniel, ^(L)alone saw the vision, while the ^(M)men who were with me did not see the vision; nevertheless, a great ^(N)dread fell on them, and they ran away to hide themselves. ⁸ So I was ^(O)left alone and saw this great vision; yet ^(P)no strength was left in me, for my ^[j]natural color turned to ^[k]a deathly pallor, and I retained no strength. ⁹ But I heard the sound of his words; and as soon as I heard the sound of his words, I ^(Q)fell into a deep sleep on my face, with my face to the ground.