⁴And then on the twenty-fourth day of the first month, I myself^j was on the bank of the great river; that is, the Tigris. ⁵And I lifted up my eyes and I saw,^k and there was a man, and he was dressed in linen, and his waist was girded with the gold of Uphaz. ⁶Now his body was like turquoise,^l and his face was like the appearance of lightning, and his eyes were like torches of fire, and his arms and his legs were like the gleam of polished bronze, and the sound of his words was like the sound of a multitude. ⁷And I saw, I, Daniel alone,^m the vision; and the people who were with me did not seeⁿ the vision; nevertheless, a great trembling fell upon them and they fled in order to hide themselves. ⁸And I myself, Daniel, alone saw this great vision, and as a result no strength was left in me^o and my complexion grew deathly pale,^p and I did not retain any strength. ⁹And I heard the sound of his words, and when I heard^q the sound of his words I myself began falling into a trance on my face, with my face to the ground.^r

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Footnotes

jThis is an emphatic use of the first person personal pronoun
kOr “looked”
lOr “yellow jasper” or other gold-colored stones; the exact identity of ancient precious stones is difficult
mLiterally “to alone me”
nLiterally “not they saw”
oLiterally “not was left in me strength”
pLiterally “and complexion my changed over me to destruction”
qLiterally “at my hearing”
rLiterally “and my face toward the ground”