Discovery BoxDaniel 10:5-6 
Context10:5 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 10:11-12
Context10:11 He said to me, “Daniel, you are of great value. 9 Understand the words that I am about to 10 speak to you. So stand up, 11 for I have now been sent to you.” When he said this 12 to me, I stood up shaking. 10:12 Then he said to me, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel, for from the very first day you applied your mind 13 to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come in response to your words.
1 tn Heb “I lifted up my eyes.”
2 tn Heb “one.” The Hebrew numerical adjective is used here like an English indefinite article.
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.
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.
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).
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.”
7 tn Heb “torches of fire.”
8 tn Heb “The sound of his words” (cf. v. 9).
9 tn Or “a treasured person”; KJV “a man greatly beloved”; NASB “man of high esteem.”
10 tn The Hebrew participle is often used, as here, to refer to the imminent future.
11 tn Heb “stand upon your standing.”
12 tn Heb “spoke this word.”
13 tn Heb “gave your heart.”
