Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days. 15 And after the ten days, their faces were better liking and fatter, than all the young springaldes, which ate of the king's meat. 16 Thus Melzar took away their meat and wine, and gave them pottage therefore.

Cross References

Exodus 23:25

And see that ye serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread and thy water, and I will take all sicknesses away from among you.

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of the LORD, maketh rich men; as for careful travail, it doth nothing thereto.

Deuteronomy 28:1-14

If thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, the LORD will set thee on high above all nations of the earth.

2 Kings 4:42-44

There came a man from Baalshalishah and brought the man of God bread of first fruits, even twenty loaves of barley, and new corn in a cloth he had. And Elisha bade put it before the people that they might eat. Then his minister said,

Psalm 37:16

A small thing that the righteous hath, is better than the great riches of the ungodly.

Haggai 1:6

Ye sow much, but ye bring little in; Ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled; ye deck yourselves, but ye are not warm; and he that earneth any wage, putteth it in a broken purse.

Haggai 1:9

Ye looked for much, and lo it is come to little: and though ye bring it home, yet do I blow it away. And why so, sayeth the LORD of Hosts? Even because that my house lieth so waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.

Malachi 2:2

If ye will not hear it, nor regard it, to give the glory unto my name, sayeth the LORD of Hosts, I will send a curse upon you, and will curse your blessings. Yea, curse them will I if ye do not take heed.

Matthew 4:4

He answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.'"

Mark 6:41-42

And he took the five loaves and the two fishes; And looked up to heaven and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to put before them, and the two fishes he divided among them all.

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