Daniel 10:6

The dazzling appearance of his person.

His body The word used in Ezekiel 1:11; Ezekiel 1:23.

the beryl the chrysolith (as LXX. in Ex. and Ezekiel 28:13) said (see Smith, D. B., s. v. beryl) to be the topaz of the moderns a flashing stone, described by Pliny as -a transparent stone with a refulgence like that of gold." Comp. Exodus 28:20, and especially Ezekiel 1:16; Ezekiel 10:9, where the wheels of the chariot in Ez."s vision are compared to the same stone. The Heb. is tarshish: it may be so called, as Pliny says of the chrysolith, on account of its having been brought from Spain (Tarshish, Tartessus).

as the appearance of lightning, … as torches of fire cf. Ezekiel 1:13 (R.V. marg.), -In the midst of the living creatures was an appearance like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches… and out of the fire went forth lightning."

like the gleaming of burnished brass from Ezekiel 1:7 (of the feet of the cherubic figures which supported the throne) -and they sparkled like the gleaming of burnished brass." Gleaming is lit. eye, fig. of something sparkling: so Ezekiel 1:4; Ezekiel 1:16; Ezekiel 1:22; Ezekiel 1:27; Ezekiel 8:2; Ezekiel 10:9; Proverbs 23:31 (A.V. in all -colour").

the voice of his words or, the sound of his words: the words do not seem to become articulate until Daniel 10:11.

like the voice of a multitude Isaiah 13:4 (the Heb. for -voice," -sound," -noise" is the same). But the expression is perhaps suggested by Ezekiel 1:24 (R.V.) -a noise of tumult" (where the Heb. for tumultpartly resembles that for multitudehere). An impressive, but inarticulate, sound seems to be what the comparison is intended to suggest. With the last three clauses of this verse, comp. the description of the risen Christ in Revelation 1:14 b, Revelation 1:15.