^{13 Ref} and in the midst of the seven lamp-stands, `one' like to a son of man, clothed to the foot, and girt round at the breast with a golden girdle,

^{14 Ref} and his head and hairs white, as if white wool -- as snow, and his eyes as a flame of fire;

^{15 Ref} and his feet like to fine brass, as in a furnace having been fired, and his voice as a sound of many waters,

^{16 Ref} and having in his right hand seven stars, and out of his mouth a sharp two-edged sword is proceeding, and his countenance `is' as the sun shining in its might.

^{17 Ref} And when I saw him, I did fall at his feet as dead, and he placed his right hand upon me, saying to me, `Be not afraid; I am the First and the Last,