Daniel 10:6

Daniel 10:6 Meaning and Explanation

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.

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The figure shines like precious stone, lightning, fire, and burnished brass, his voice like a roaring crowd.

What Does Daniel 10:6 Mean?

Daniel piles image upon image, straining language to hold what he sees. The body gleams like beryl, the face flashes like lightning, the eyes blaze like torches, the arms and feet glow like polished brass, and the voice sounds like the roar of a great multitude. Every sense is overwhelmed.

This radiant description echoes through Scripture and reaches its fullest light in the risen Christ, whose face shone like the sun and whose voice was as the sound of many waters. Such glory is not given to terrify but to reveal that the One who governs history is unspeakably holy and mighty. Before such splendor, every earthly power grows small, and the watching heart is drawn to worship.

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What does Daniel 10:6 mean?

The figure shines like precious stone, lightning, fire, and burnished brass, his voice like a roaring crowd.

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