Daniel 10:5-9

⁵I looked up and to my surprise saw a man dressed in linen with a belt of pure gold around his waist.a

⁶His body was hard and glistening, as if sculpted from a precious stone, his face radiant, his eyes bright and penetrating like torches, his arms and feet glistening like polished bronze, and his voice, deep and resonant, sounded like a huge choir of voices.

⁷"I, Daniel, was the only one to see this. The men who were with me, although they didn''t see it, were overcome with fear and ran off and hid, fearing the worst.

⁸Left alone after the appearance, abandoned by my friends, I went weak in the knees, the blood drained from my face.

⁹"I heard his voice. At the sound of it I fainted, fell flat on the ground, face in the dirt.