Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

At the end of 10 days they looked better and healthier than all the young men who were eating the king’s food.

New American Standard Bible

At the end of ten days their appearance seemed better and they were fatter than all the youths who had been eating the king’s choice food.

King James Version

And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat.

International Standard Version

At the end of ten days their appearance was better and their faces were well-nourished compared to the young men who ate the king's rich food.

A Conservative Version

And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared finer, and they were fuller in flesh, than all the youths who ate of the king's dainties.

American Standard Version

And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer, and they were fatter in flesh, than all the youths that did eat of the king's dainties.

Amplified

At the end of ten days it seemed that they were looking better and healthier than all the young men who ate the king’s finest food.

Bible in Basic English

And at the end of ten days their faces seemed fairer and they were fatter in flesh than all the young men who had their food from the king's table.

Darby Translation

And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and were fatter in flesh than all the youths that ate of the king's delicate food.

Julia Smith Translation

And from the end of ten days their aspect was seen good and fat of flesh above all the children eating of the king's dainties.

King James 2000

And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared better and fatter in flesh than all the young men who did eat the portion of the king's food.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And at the end of ten days their appearances appeared better and [they were] healthier of body than all the young men who were eating the fine food of the king.

Modern King James verseion

And at the end of ten days their faces looked fairer and fatter in flesh than all the boys who had eaten the king's food.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And after the ten days, their faces were better liking and fatter, than all the young springaldes, which ate of the king's meat.

NET Bible

At the end of the ten days their appearance was better and their bodies were healthier than all the young men who had been eating the royal delicacies.

New Heart English Bible

At the end of ten days their faces appeared better and fatter than all the youths who ate of the king's royal food.

The Emphasized Bible

and, at the end of ten days, their countenances appeared more comely, and fatter in flesh, - than any of the youths who had been eating the delicacies of the king.

Webster

And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children who ate the portion of the king's provision.

World English Bible

At the end of ten days their faces appeared fairer, and they were fatter in flesh, than all the youths who ate of the king's dainties.

Youngs Literal Translation

and at the end of ten days their appearance hath appeared better and fatter in flesh then any of the lads who are eating the king's portion of food.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And at the end
קצת 
Q@tsath 
Usage: 5

of ten
עשׂרה עשׂר 
`eser 
Usage: 174

יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

מראה 
Mar'eh 
Usage: 104

ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

and fatter
בּריא 
Bariy' 
Usage: 14

in flesh
בּשׂר 
Basar 
Usage: 270

ילד 
Yeled 
Usage: 89

אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

the portion
פּתבּג 
Pathbag 
Usage: 6

of the king's
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

Context Readings

Daniel's Resolve

14 He agreed with them about this and tested them for 10 days. 15 At the end of 10 days they looked better and healthier than all the young men who were eating the king’s food. 16 So the guard continued to remove their food and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables.


Cross References

Exodus 23:25

Worship the Lord your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. I will remove illnesses from you.

Proverbs 10:22

The Lord’s blessing enriches,
and struggle adds nothing to it.

Deuteronomy 28:1-14

“Now if you faithfully obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow all His commands I am giving you today, the Lord your God will put you far above all the nations of the earth.

2 Kings 4:42-44

A man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with his sack full of 20 loaves of barley bread from the first bread of the harvest. Elisha said, “Give it to the people to eat.”

Psalm 37:16

The little that the righteous man has is better
than the abundance of many wicked people.

Haggai 1:6

You have planted much
but harvested little.
You eat
but never have enough to be satisfied.
You drink
but never have enough to become drunk.
You put on clothes
but never have enough to get warm.
The wage earner puts his wages
into a bag with a hole in it.”

Haggai 1:9

“You expected much, but then it amounted to little. When you brought the harvest to your house, I ruined it. Why?” This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts. “Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.

Malachi 2:2

If you don’t listen, and if you don’t take it to heart to honor My name,” says Yahweh of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. In fact, I have already begun to curse them because you are not taking it to heart.

Matthew 4:4

But He answered, “It is written:

Man must not live on bread alone
but on every word that comes
from the mouth of God.

Mark 6:41-42

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke the loaves. He kept giving them to His disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.

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