Daniel 10:5-6

10:5 I looked up ¹  and saw a ²  man ³  clothed in linen; ⁴  around his waist was a belt made of gold from Upaz. ⁵  10:6 His body resembled yellow jasper, ⁶  and his face had an appearance like lightning. His eyes were like blazing torches; ⁷  his arms and feet had the gleam of polished bronze. His voice ⁸  thundered forth like the sound of a large crowd.

Daniel 10:10-11

10:10 Then ⁹  a hand touched me and set me on my hands and knees. ¹⁰  10:11 He said to me, “Daniel, you are of great value. ¹¹  Understand the words that I am about to ¹²  speak to you. So stand up, ¹³  for I have now been sent to you.” When he said this ¹⁴  to me, I stood up shaking.

[10:5]  ¹ tn Heb “I lifted up my eyes.”

[10:5]  ² tn Heb “one.” The Hebrew numerical adjective is used here like an English indefinite article.

[10:5]  ³ 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.

[10:5]  ⁴ 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.

[10:5]  ⁵ tn The location of this place and even the exact form of the Hebrew name אוּפָז (’ufaz) are uncertain. Apparently it was a source for pure gold. (See Jer 10:9.) The Hebrew word פָז (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).

[10:6]  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.”

[10:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “torches of fire.”

[10:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “The sound of his words” (cf. v. 9).

[10:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “Behold.”

[10:10]  ¹⁰ tc Theodotion lacks “and the palms of my hands.”

[10:10]  tn Heb “on my knees and the palms of my hands.”

[10:11]  ¹¹ tn Or “a treasured person”; KJV “a man greatly beloved”; NASB “man of high esteem.”

[10:11]  ¹² tn The Hebrew participle is often used, as here, to refer to the imminent future.

[10:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “stand upon your standing.”

[10:11]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “spoke this word.”