11 He said to me, “Daniel, you are a man treasured by God.[a](A) Understand the words that I’m saying to you. Stand on your feet,(B) for I have now been sent to you.”(C) After he said this to me, I stood trembling.

12 “Don’t be afraid,(D) Daniel,” he said to me, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God,(E) your prayers were heard. I have come because of your prayers.(F) 13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me for twenty-one days. Then Michael,(G) one of the chief princes, came to help me after I had been left there with the kings of Persia.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. 10:11 by God added for clarity, also in v. 19

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