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.
Parallel translations
- WEB 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 burnished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
- KJV 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.
- NKJV His body was like beryl, his face like the appearance of lightning, his eyes like torches of fire, his arms and feet like burnished bronze in color, and the sound of his words like the voice of a multitude.
- NASB His body also was like topaz, his face had the appearance of lightning, 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 multitude.
- NLT His body looked like a precious gem. His face flashed like lightning, and his eyes flamed like torches. His arms and feet shone like polished bronze, and his voice roared like a vast multitude of people.
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Quick answer
The being shines with the appearance of precious stone, lightning, fire, and burnished bronze, his voice like a roaring multitude. The vision overwhelms Daniel with the sheer glory of heaven.
Overview
This dazzling description closely parallels the vision of the risen Christ in Revelation 1, where John sees eyes like flames and feet like bronze. Whether an exalted angel or the Lord Himself, the imagery conveys purity, power, and unapproachable splendor. Such glory rightly humbles the prophet and reminds readers that the God who reveals the future is infinitely majestic and holy.
Cross-references & the web
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- Rev 19:12He has eyes like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His head. He has a name written on Him that only He Himself knows.
- Rev 1:13–17and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest.
- Matt 17:2There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
- Rev 10:3–4Then he cried out in a loud voice like the roar of a lion. And when he cried out, the seven thunders sounded their voices.
- Ezek 1:24When 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.
- Ezek 10:9Then I looked and saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. And the wheels gleamed like a beryl stone.
- Ezek 1:16The 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.
- Ezek 1:14The creatures were darting back and forth as quickly as flashes of lightning.
- Rev 10:1Then 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.
- Rev 21:20the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.
- Luke 9:29And as He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became radiantly white.
- Exod 28:20and in the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. Mount these stones in gold filigree settings.
- Ezek 1:7Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the hooves of a calf, gleaming like polished bronze.
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