Daniel 1:12
“Please try your servants [for] ten days; and they give to us from the vegetables and we eat, and water, and we drink;
Literal Standard Version
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 1:29And God says, “Behold, I have given to you every herb sowing seed, which [is] on the face of all the earth, and every tree in which [is] the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it is for food;
Daniel 1:16And the Meltzar is taking away their portion of food, and the wine of their drink, and is giving to them 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 →