Daniel 10:1-9 (Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha)  View In My
Bible  Vision of a man  1 In the third year of Persia's King
Cyrus, a message was revealed to Daniel, who was called
Belteshazzar. The message was true: there would be a great
conflict. Daniel understood the message, having discerned the
meaning of the vision. 2 During that time, I, Daniel, had been
mourning for three weeks. 3 I didn't eat any rich foods. Neither
meat nor wine passed my lips, and I didn't clean up at all until
the three weeks were up. 4 Then, on the twenty-fourth day of the
first month, as I was on the bank of the great Tigris River, 5 I
looked up and suddenly saw a man clothed in linen in front of
me. He had a brilliant gold belt around his waist, 6 and his
body was like topaz. His face was like a flash of lightning, and
his eyes were like burning torches. His arms and feet looked
like polished bronze. When he spoke, it sounded like the roar of
a crowd. 7 Only I, Daniel, saw this vision. The other people who
were with me didn't se