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Daniel 10:11 Explained in Context
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Verse 11. 11And 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.
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Quick Meaning
Daniel 10:11 develops this movement with “And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I…”.
Read It With
- Daniel 10:10–14
Read Daniel 10:11 with 10:10–14. Daniel 10:11 develops this movement with “And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I…”. The complete unit establishes this movement: A hand lifts Daniel, assures him that his prayer was heard immediately, and describes resistance from Persia's prince until Michael helped.
Why This Verse Appears Here
10:4-9 completes “A Radiant Figure Overwhelms Daniel”; the text now turns to “The Messenger Raises Daniel and Explains Delay.” Its final verse prepares “Daniel Is Strengthened for the Written Truth” in 10:15-21. Within that movement: Daniel 10:11 develops this movement with “And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I…”.
What Remains True
Human beings may receive strength enough for truth without receiving control over the unseen or the future. Daniel 10:10-14 keeps that truth tied to this claim: A hand lifts Daniel, assures him that his prayer was heard immediately, and describes resistance from Persia's prince until Michael helped. In this unit: Daniel 10:11 develops this movement with “And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I…”.
How It Can Shape Life
- Meet grief and uncertainty with care, community, and humility, and refuse spiritual labels that turn political opponents or ethnic groups into demons. In Daniel 10:10-14, respond specifically to this movement: A hand lifts Daniel, assures him that his prayer was heard immediately, and describes resistance from Persia's prince until Michael helped. For Daniel 10:11 specifically, keep this reviewed contribution in view: develops this movement with “And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I…”. Read it inside 10:10–14; do not convert its wording into an unsupported modern identification.
Continue in Context
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Read Daniel 10:10-14 — The Messenger Raises Daniel and Explains DelaySources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: Daniel 10:10-14, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew aramaic text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Daniel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew-Aramaic wording, morphology, language boundary, names, repeated roots, clauses, and lexical controls.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Dan.xml, 10:10-14; Hebrew 1:1–2:4a and 8:1–12:13, Aramaic 2:4b–7:28
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Daniel with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level Hebrew-Aramaic, textual, historical, translation, chronology, angelic-language, and duration notes.
Exact location: NET Bible Daniel PDF, printed pp. 1664–1665, translation and translator notes on 10:10-14
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