Daniel 1:12
What does Daniel 1:12 mean?
A plain-English look at Daniel 1:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Put your servants to the test for ten days; let them give us grain for our food and water for our drink.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Try, I pray thee, thy servants, ten days; and they give to us of the vegetables, and we eat, and water, and we drink;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Try, I beseech thee, thy servants for ten days, and let pulse be given us to eat, and water to drink:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink;
Context
v.11Then said Daniel to the steward whom the prince of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
v.12This passage
v.13Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the youths that eat of the king’s dainties; and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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 everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.
- Romans 14:2
One man hath faith to eat all things: but he that is weak eateth herbs.
- Genesis 1:29
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food:
- Daniel 1:16
So the steward took away their dainties, and the wine that they should drink, and gave them pulse.
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