Daniel 1:12
“Please put us, your servants, to the test and just give us vegetables to eat and water to drink for ten days,” Daniel told him.
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In The King James Version
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 1:29God said, “Look, I'm giving you as your food every seed-bearing plant anywhere on earth, and every tree that produces fruit with seeds.
Daniel 1:16After that the guard didn't give them the rich food and wine, just vegetables.
Matthew Henry on Daniel 1:9-17
Favour Shown to Daniel; Daniel's Conscientiousness. ( b. c. 606.) 8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. 9 Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs. 10 And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he… Read the whole commentary →