Daniel 10:12
10 Suddenly, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees.
11 He said to me, “Daniel, you are a man who is highly precious. Consider carefully the words that I am about to say to you. Stand up, for I have now been sent to you.” And when he had said this to me, I stood up trembling.
“Do not be afraid, Daniel,” he said, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.
13 However, the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me for twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia.
14 Now I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision concerns those days.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- “Do not be afraid, Daniel,” he said, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.
- KJV
- Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
- WEB
- Then he said to me, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel; for from the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come for your words’ sake.
- ASV
- Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel; for from the first day that thou didst set thy heart to understand, and to humble thyself before thy God, thy words were heard: and I am come for thy words` sake.
- DARBY
- And he said unto me, Fear not, Daniel; for from the first day that thou didst set thy heart to understand, and to humble thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come because of thy words.
- BLB
- And he said to me: “Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you gave your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard; and I have come because of your words.
- ÅB
- Og han sa til meg: Frykt ikke, Daniel! For fra den første dag du vendte din hu til å vinne forstand og til å ydmyke deg for din Guds åsyn, er dine ord blitt hørt, og for dine ords skyld er jeg kommet.
- OTB
- Han fortsatte: “Frykt ikke, Daniel. Fra den første dagen du satte ditt hjerte på å forstå og ydmyket deg for din Gud, ble dine ord hørt, og jeg har kommet som svar på dem.
- B1930
- Og han sa til mig: Frykt ikke, Daniel! For fra den første dag du vendte din hu til å vinne forstand og til å ydmyke dig for din Guds åsyn, er dine ord blitt hørt, og for dine ords skyld er jeg kommet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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