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Daniel 10:21
But first I will tell you what is inscribed in the Book of Truth. Yet no one has the courage to support me against these, except Michael your prince.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — An angelic messenger addresses Daniel immediately after explaining his delayed arrival due to a celestial battle. He speaks before departing to confront the prince of Persia and anticipate the prince of Greece.
The words — הָ/רָשׁ֥וּם (ha./ra.Shum) = the inscribed [thing] and אֱמֶ֑ת ('e.Met) = truth combine to denote a fixed, authoritative record. אַגִּ֣יד ('a.Gid) = I will tell marks the speaker's immediate obligation to disclose this record before resuming his mission.
The thread — The same angelic opposition and Michael's sole intervention appear in Daniel 10:13, Daniel 12:1, and Revelation 12:7. These passages trace a continuous line of heavenly warfare and princely intercession.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that spiritual realities operate independently of human observation or courage. It requires accepting the disclosed record as the basis for understanding current conflicts and future outcomes.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
Cross-references
- Daniel 10:13 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.
- Daniel 12:1 “At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.
- Revelation 12:7 Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.
- Jude 1:9 But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
- Isaiah 41:22 “Let them come and tell us what will happen. Tell the former things, so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome. Or announce to us what is coming.
- Isaiah 43:8 Bring out a people who have eyes but are blind, and who have ears but are deaf.
- Daniel 8:26 The vision of the evenings and the mornings that has been spoken is true. Now you must seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future.”
- Daniel 9:25 Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of distress.
- Daniel 11:1 “And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, stood up to strengthen and protect him.
- Daniel 12:4 But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”