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.
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Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Il me dit: Daniel, ne crains rien; car dès le premier jour où tu as eu à coeur de comprendre, et de t'humilier devant ton Dieu, tes paroles ont été entendues, et c'est à cause de tes paroles que je viens.
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.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
But the angels are not always heard in the prayers which they offer up to God. This is evident from Dan. 10:12,13, where it is written: "I am come for thy words: but the prince of the kingdom of the Persians resisted me one-and-twenty days." But the angel who spoke had not come t…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 133 (Migne)
«Ego veni propter sermones tuos. Princeps autem regni Persarum restitit mihi viginti et uno diebus? (Dan. X, 12-13.) » Sed quia certa angelorum ministeria dispensandis singulis quibusque gentibus sunt praelata, cum subjectorum mores adversum se vicissim praepositorum spirituum op…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 165 (Migne)
itit mihi viginti uno diebus: et ecce Michael, unus de principibus, primus venit in adjutorium meum (Dan. X, 12-13) .» Princeps autem iste regni Persarum unus aliquis [Col. 1076B] de malignis spiritibus intelligitur, qui Persarum regno et populo praesidebat, et ad suae voluntati…
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