Daniel 10:6 “His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, hi…”

Daniel 10:6

His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.

World English Bible

His body also was like beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as flaming torches. His arms and his feet were like burnished bronze. The voice of his words was like the voice of a multitude.

American Standard Version

his body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as flaming torches, and his arms and his feet like unto burnished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.

Geneva Bible 1599

His body also was like the Chrysolite, and his face (to looke vpon) like the lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his armes and his feete were like in colour to polished brasse, and the voyce of his wordes was like the voyce of a multitude.

Darby Translation

and his body was like a chrysolite, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as torches of fire, and his arms and his feet as the look of burnished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.

Young's Literal Translation

and his body as a beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet as the aspect of bright brass, and the voice of his words as the voice of a multitude.

Bible in Basic English

And his body was like the beryl, and his face had the look of a thunder-flame, and his eyes were like burning lights, and his arms and feet like the colour of polished brass, and the sound of his voice was like the sound of an army.

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Cross references

“like the beryl”

Ezekiel 1:16 Ezekiel 10:9 Revelation 21:20 Exodus 28:20

Ezekiel 1:16 · BSB

The workmanship of the wheels looked like the gleam of beryl, and all four had the same likeness. Their workmanship looked like a wheel within a wheel.

Ezekiel 10:9 · BSB

Then I looked and saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. And the wheels gleamed like a beryl stone.

Revelation 21:20 · BSB

the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.

Exodus 28:20 · BSB

and in the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. Mount these stones in gold filigree settings.

“his face”

Revelation 19:12 Matthew 17:2 Revelation 1:13–17 Ezekiel 1:14 Luke 9:29

Revelation 19:12 · BSB

He has eyes like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His head. He has a name written on Him that only He Himself knows.

Matthew 17:2 · BSB

There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.

Revelation 1:13–17 · BSB

and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest.

Ezekiel 1:14 · BSB

The creatures were darting back and forth as quickly as flashes of lightning.

Luke 9:29 · BSB

And as He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became radiantly white.

“his arms”

Revelation 10:1 Ezekiel 1:7 Revelation 1:15

Revelation 10:1 · BSB

Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.

Ezekiel 1:7 · BSB

Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the hooves of a calf, gleaming like polished bronze.

Revelation 1:15 · BSB

His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.

“like the voice”

Ezekiel 1:24 Revelation 10:3 Revelation 10:4

Ezekiel 1:24 · BSB

When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings like the roar of many waters, like the voice of the Almighty, like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.

Revelation 10:3 · BSB

Then he cried out in a loud voice like the roar of a lion. And when he cried out, the seven thunders sounded their voices.

Revelation 10:4 · BSB

When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to put it in writing. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5I lifted up my eyes, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist.

7Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men with me did not see it, but a great terror fell upon them, and they ran and hid themselves.

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