Daniel 10:6

⁴ On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris,

⁵ I 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.

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.

⁷ Only 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.

⁸ So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
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.
WEB: 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.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: 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.
BLB: And his body [was] like beryl, and his face like the appearance of lightning, and his eyes like torches of fire, and his arms and feet like an eye of polished bronze, and the voice of his speaking [was] like the voice of a multitude.

ÅB: hans legeme var som krysolitt, hans ansikt skinte som lynet, hans øyne var som flammer, hans armer og ben var som blankt kobber å se til, og lyden av hans ord var som et veldig drønn.
OTB: Hans kropp var som topas, hans ansikt skinte som lyn, hans øyne var som brennende fakler, hans armer og føtter glinset som polert bronse, og hans stemme var som lyden av en mengde.
B1930: hans legeme var som krysolitt, hans ansikt skinte som lynet, hans øine var som ildsluer, hans armer og ben var som blankt kobber å se til, og lyden av hans ord var som et veldig drønn.

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Revelation 19:12
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.
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Revelation 1:13–17
and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest.
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Matthew 17:2
There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
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Revelation 10:3–4
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.
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Ezekiel 10:9
Then I looked and saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. And the wheels gleamed like a beryl stone.
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Ezekiel 1:14
The creatures were darting back and forth as quickly as flashes of lightning.
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Ezekiel 1:24
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.
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Ezekiel 1:16
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.
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