Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times more than was customary,

his face turned pale, and his thoughts so terrified him that his hip joints shook and his knees knocked together.

Then King Belshazzar became even more terrified, his face turned pale, and his nobles were bewildered.

Because of the outcry of the king and his nobles, the queen came to the banquet hall. “May the king live forever,” she said. “Don’t let your thoughts terrify you or your face be pale.

“This is the end of the interpretation. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts terrified me greatly, and my face turned pale, but I kept the matter to myself.”

While he was speaking to me, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Then he touched me, made me stand up,

His body was like topaz, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and feet like the gleam of polished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude.

I was left alone, looking at this great vision. No strength was left in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.

I heard the words he said, and when I heard them I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground.

While he was saying these words to me, I turned my face toward the ground and was speechless.