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

11 He said, “Daniel, you who are highly esteemed,(A) consider carefully the words I am about to speak to you, and stand up,(B) for I have now been sent to you.” And when he said this to me, I stood up trembling.

12 Then he continued, “Do not be afraid,(C) Daniel. Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble(D) yourself before your God, your words(E) were heard, and I have come in response to them.(F) 13 But the prince(G) of the Persian kingdom resisted me twenty-one days. Then Michael,(H) one of the chief princes, came to help me, because I was detained there with the king of Persia.

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11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.

12 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.

13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.

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11 And he said to me, “O Daniel, (A)man greatly loved, (B)understand the words that I speak to you, and (C)stand upright, for (D)now I have been sent to you.” And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood up trembling. 12 Then he said to me, (E)“Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you (F)set your heart to understand and (G)humbled yourself before your God, (H)your words have been heard, (I)and I have come because of your words. 13 (J)The prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me (K)twenty-one days, but (L)Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I was left there with the kings of Persia,

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