Daniel 1:12
So I said to this guard: “ Please test us for ten days. During that time give us only vegetables to eat and water to drink.
Translation for Translators
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
11Ashpenaz had ordered a guard to watch me, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
Cross References
Genesis 1:29God said to the humans, “Listen! I have given you all the plants that produce seeds, all over the earth, and all the trees that have seeds in their fruit. All these things are for you to eat.
Daniel 1:16So after that, the guard gave us only vegetables to eat; he did not give us the king’s special food and wine.
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 →