Parallel Verses
NET Bible
"Please test your servants for ten days by providing us with some vegetables 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.
Darby Translation
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to 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:
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
`ebed
Yowm
Nathan
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Daniel 1:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Daniel's Resolve
11 Daniel then spoke to the warden whom the overseer of the court officials had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: 12 "Please test your servants for ten days by providing us with some vegetables to eat and water to drink. 13 Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who are eating the royal delicacies; deal with us in light of what you see."
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Daniel 1:16
So the warden removed the delicacies and the wine from their diet and gave them a diet of vegetables instead.
Genesis 1:29-30
Then God said, "I now give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the entire earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.
Deuteronomy 8:3
So he humbled you by making you hungry and then feeding you with unfamiliar manna. He did this to teach you that humankind cannot live by bread alone, but also by everything that comes from the Lord's mouth.
Romans 14:2
One person believes in eating everything, but the weak person eats only vegetables.