Daniel 1:12

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten ys; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

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  • Dan 1:16 : 16 Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.
  • Rom 14:2 : 2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
  • Gen 1:29-30 : 29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
  • Deut 8:3 : 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 every word that proceeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

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    13Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.

    14So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten ys.

    15And at the end of ten ys their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat.

    16Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.

    17As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and niel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

    18Now at the end of the ys that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.

    19And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like niel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.

    20And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.

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    3And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king's seed, and of the princes;

    4Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

    5And the king appointed them a ily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.

    6Now among these were of the children of Juh, niel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:

    7Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto niel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abed-nego.

    8But niel 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.

    9Now God had brought niel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.

    10And the prince of the eunuchs said unto niel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me ennger my head to the king.

    11Then said niel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over niel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

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    9Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.

    10And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.

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    2In those ys I niel was mourning three full weeks.

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    16Then niel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.

    17Then niel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:

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    11Then these men assembled, and found niel praying and making supplication before his God.

    12Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty ys, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

    13Then answered they and said before the king, That niel, which is of the children of the captivity of Juh, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a y.

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