Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink;
New American Standard Bible
“Please test your servants for ten days, and let us be
King James Version
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
Holman Bible
“Please test your servants for 10 days. Let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink.
International Standard Version
"Please test your servants for ten days and let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink.
A Conservative Version
Test thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days, and let them give us vegetables to eat, and water to drink.
American Standard Version
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
Amplified
“Please, test your servants for ten days, and let us be given some vegetables to eat and water to drink.
Bible in Basic English
Put your servants to the test for ten days; let them give us grain for our food and water for our drink.
Julia Smith Translation
Prove now thy servants, ten days; and they shall give to us from seed herbs, and we will eat, and water, and we will drink.
King James 2000
Test your servants, I beseech you, ten days; and let them give us vegetables to eat, and water to drink.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Please test your servants [for] ten days, and let them give us {some of the vegetables}, and let us eat and let us drink water.
Modern King James verseion
I beg you, try your servants ten days. And let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"O prove but ten days with thy servants, and let us have pottage to eat, and water to drink:
NET Bible
"Please test your servants for ten days by providing us with some vegetables to eat and water to drink.
New Heart English Bible
"Test your servants for ten days; and let them give us vegetables to eat, and water to drink.
The Emphasized Bible
I pray thee - prove thy servants, ten days, - and let them give us vegetable food, that we may eat, and water that we may drink:
Webster
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
World English Bible
Test your servants, I beg you, ten days; and let them give us vegetables to eat, and water to drink.
Youngs Literal Translation
'Try, I pray thee, thy servants, ten days; and they give to us of the vegetables, and we eat, and water, and we drink;
Themes
Abed-nego » Also called azariah » A jewish captive in babylon
Abstemiousness » Instances of » Daniel and his hebrew companions
Total abstinence » Instances of » Daniel
Daniel » Jewish captive » Abstinence of
Government » Civil service school provided by
Integrity » Instances of » Daniel, in his abstemiousness (i. E. Abstinent)
Knowledge » Who God gives knowledge to
Melzar » The steward whom the prince of the eunuchs set over daniel and the three hebrew young men
Prudence » Instances of » Daniel
Self-denial » Exemplified » Daniel
Topics
Interlinear
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Yowm
Nathan
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Daniel 1:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Daniel's Resolve
11 And Daniel said to the steward, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, 12 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 youths that eat of the king's delicate food: and as thou shalt see, deal with thy servants.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Daniel 1:16
So the steward took away their delicate food, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.
Genesis 1:29-30
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb producing seed that is on the whole earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree producing seed: it shall be food for you;
Deuteronomy 8:3
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with the manna, which thou hadst not known, and which thy fathers knew not; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread alone, but by everything that goeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.
Romans 14:2
One man is assured that he may eat all things; but the weak eats herbs.