Daniel 10:1-12

Daniel’s Terrifying Vision of a Man

1 aIn the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a word was revealed to Daniel, bwho was named Belteshazzar. And cthe word was true, and it was a great conflict.
Or  and it was about a great conflict
And ehe understood the word and fhad understanding of the vision.

2In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for gthree weeks. 3I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth, nor did I hanoint myself at all, for ithe full three weeks. 4On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing jon the bank of the great river ( kthat is, the Tigris) 5 lI lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, ma man clothed in linen, nwith a belt of fine ogold from Uphaz around his waist. 6His body was like pberyl, his face qlike the appearance of lightning, rhis eyes like flaming torches, his arms and slegs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and tthe sound of his words like the sound of a multitude. 7 uAnd I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, for the men who were with me did not see the vision, but a great trembling fell upon them, and they fled to hide themselves. 8So I was left alone and saw this great vision, and vno strength was left in me. My radiant appearance was fearfully changed,
Hebrew  My splendor was changed to ruin
xand I retained no strength.
9Then I heard the sound of his words, yand as I heard the sound of his words, I fell on my face in deep sleep zwith my face to the ground.

10And behold, aaa hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees. 11And he said to me, “O Daniel, abman greatly loved, acunderstand the words that I speak to you, and adstand upright, for aenow I have been sent to you.” And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood up trembling. 12Then he said to me, afFear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you agset your heart to understand and ahhumbled yourself before your God, aiyour words have been heard, ajand I have come because of your words.
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