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Daniel 1:12

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10 And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.

11 Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

13 Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king’s meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.

14 So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Please test your servants for ten days. Let us be given only vegetables to eat and water to drink.
KJV
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
WEB
“Test your servants, I beg you, ten days; and let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink.
ASV
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
DARBY
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink;
BLB
“Test, please, your servants ten days, and let them give to us from the vegetables only to eat, and water only to drink.
ÅB
Kjære, prøv det med dine tjenere i ti dager og la dem gi oss grønnsaker å spise og vann å drikke,
OTB
"Vennligst test dine tjenere i ti dager: gi oss bare grønnsaker å spise og vann å drikke.
B1930
Kjære, prøv det med dine tjenere i ti dager og la dem gi oss grønnsaker å ete og vann å drikke,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Romans 14:2

    For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.

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  • Daniel 1:16

    Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.

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  • Deuteronomy 8:3

    And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

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  • Genesis 1:29–30

    And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

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