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.
Parallel translations
- WEB But I will tell you that which is inscribed in the writing of truth: and there is no one who holds with me against these, but Michael your prince.”
- KJV 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.
- NKJV But I will tell you what is noted in the Scripture of Truth. (No one upholds me against these, except Michael your prince.
- NASB However, I will tell you what is recorded in the writing of truth. Yet there is no one who stands firmly with me against these forces except Michael your prince.
- NLT Meanwhile, I will tell you what is written in the Book of Truth. (No one helps me against these spirit princes except Michael, your spirit prince.
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Quick answer
The messenger will reveal what is written in 'the writing of truth,' supported only by Michael, Israel's prince. God's plan for history is fixed and certain, recorded in heaven.
Overview
The 'writing of truth' pictures God's sure, settled purposes, which no opposing power can overturn. Michael stands as the special guardian of God's people. This assurance of a heavenly record of God's decrees, defended by His appointed agents, gives confidence that nothing in the coming turmoil escapes His control or thwarts His saving plan.
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Cross-references · 13
- Dan 10:13However, 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.
- Dan 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.
- Rev 12:7Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.
- Jude 1:9But 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!”
- Acts 15:15The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written:
- Dan 8:26The 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.”
- Isa 41:22–23“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.
- Isa 43:8–9Bring out a people who have eyes but are blind, and who have ears but are deaf.
- Dan 11:1–12“And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, stood up to strengthen and protect him.
- Dan 12:4But 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.”
- Dan 9:25Know 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.
- Acts 15:18that have been known for ages.’
- Amos 3:7Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.
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