Daniel 1:8
But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's food, nor with the wine which he drank. Therefore he requested of the ruler of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
9Now God made Daniel find kindness and compassion in the sight of the ruler of the eunuchs.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:45For I am LORD who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. Ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
Ruth 1:17Where thou die, I will die, and there I will be buried. LORD do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts thee and me.
Psalms 106:28They also joined themselves to Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
Psalms 119:115Depart from me, ye evil-doers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
Ezekiel 4:13And LORD said, Even thus shall the sons of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations where I will drive them.
Hosea 9:3They shall not dwell in LORD's land, but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.
Matthew Henry on Daniel 1:2-8
Daniel The book of Ezekiel left the affairs of Jerusalem under a doleful aspect, all in ruins, but with a joyful prospect of all in glory again. This of Daniel fitly follows. Ezekiel told us what was seen, and what was foreseen, by him in the former years of the captivity: Daniel tells us what was seen, and foreseen, in the latter years of the captivity. When God employs different hands, yet it is about the same work. And it was a comfort to the poor captives that they had first one prophet among them and then… Read the whole commentary →