Daniel 1:16

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And the Meltzar is taking away their portion of food, and the wine of their drink, and is giving to them vegetables.

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  • Dan 1:12 : 12 `Try, I pray thee, thy servants, ten days; and they give to us of the vegetables, and we eat, and water, and we drink;

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  • Dan 1:2-15
    14 verses
    85%

    2and the Lord giveth into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, and some of the vessels of the house of God, and he bringeth them in `to' the land of Shinar, `to' the house of his god, and the vessels he hath brought in `to' the treasure-house of his god.

    3And the king saith, to Ashpenaz master of his eunuchs, to bring in out of the sons of Israel, (even of the royal seed, and of the chiefs,)

    4lads in whom there is no blemish, and of good appearance, and skilful in all wisdom, and possessing knowledge, and teaching thought, and who have ability to stand in the palace of the king, and to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans.

    5And the king doth appoint for them a rate, day by day, of the king's portion of food, and of the wine of his drinking, so as to nourish them three years, that at the end thereof they may stand before the king.

    6And there are among them out of the sons of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

    7and the chief of the eunuchs setteth names on them, and he setteth on Daniel, Belteshazzar; and on Hananiah, Shadrach; and on Mishael, Meshach; and on Azariah, Abed-Nego.

    8And Daniel purposeth in his heart that he will not pollute himself with the king's portion of food, and with the wine of his drinking, and he seeketh of the chief of the eunuchs that he may not pollute himself.

    9And God giveth Daniel for kindness and for mercies before the chief of the eunuchs;

    10and the chief of the eunuchs saith to Daniel, `I am fearing my lord the king, who hath appointed your food and your drink, for why doth he see your faces sadder than `those of' the lads which `are' of your circle? then ye have made my head indebted to the king,'

    11And Daniel saith unto the Meltzar, whom the chief of the eunuchs hath appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

    12`Try, I pray thee, thy servants, ten days; and they give to us of the vegetables, and we eat, and water, and we drink;

    13and our appearance is seen before thee, and the appearance of the lads who are eating the king's portion of food, and as thou seest -- deal with thy servants.'

    14And he hearkeneth to them, to this word, and trieth them ten days:

    15and at the end of ten days their appearance hath appeared better and fatter in flesh then any of the lads who are eating the king's portion of food.

  • Dan 1:17-20
    4 verses
    75%

    17As to these four lads, God hath given to them knowledge and understanding in every `kind of' literature, and wisdom; and Daniel hath given instruction about every `kind of' vision and dreams.

    18And at the end of the days that the king had said to bring them in, bring them in doth the chief of the eunuchs before Nebuchadnezzar.

    19And the king speaketh with them, and there hath none been found among them all like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, and they stand before the king;

    20and `in' any matter of wisdom `and' understanding that the king hath sought of them, he findeth them ten hands above all the scribes, the enchanters, who `are' in all his kingdom.

  • Jer 52:33-34
    2 verses
    70%

    33and he hath changed his prison garments, and he hath eaten bread before him continually, all the days of his life.

    34And his allowance -- a continual allowance -- hath been given to him by the king of Babylon, the matter of a day in its day, till the day of his death -- all days of his life.

  • Esth 1:7
    70%

    7and the giving of drink in vessels of gold, and the vessels `are' divers vessels, and the royal wine `is' abundant, as a memorial of the king.

  • Ezek 4:9-11
    3 verses
    69%

    9`And thou, take to thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and spelt, and thou hast put them in one vessel, and made them to thee for bread; the number of the days that thou art lying on thy side -- three hundred and ninety days -- thou dost eat it.

    10And thy food that thou dost eat `is' by weight, twenty shekels daily; from time to time thou dost eat it.

    11`And water by measure thou dost drink, a sixth part of the hin; from time to time thou dost drink `it'.

  • Neh 5:18
    69%

    18and that which hath been prepared for one day `is' one ox, six fat sheep, also fowls have been prepared for me, and once in ten days of all wines abundantly, and with this, the bread of the governor I have not sought, for heavy is the service on this people.

  • Dan 10:2-3
    2 verses
    68%

    2`In those days, I, Daniel, have been mourning three weeks of days;

    3desirable bread I have not eaten, and flesh and wine hath not come in unto my mouth, and I have not anointed myself at all, till the completion of three weeks of days.

  • Ezra 6:9
    67%

    9and what they are needing -- both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs for burnt-offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil according to the saying of the priests who `are' in Jerusalem -- let be given to them day by day without fail,

  • Dan 5:1-2
    2 verses
    66%

    1Belshazzar the king hath made a great feast to a thousand of his great men, and before the thousand he is drinking wine;

    2Belshazzar hath said -- while tasting the wine -- to bring in the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple that `is' in Jerusalem, that drink with them may the king, and his great men, his wives, and his concubines.

  • Gen 41:21
    66%

    21and they come in unto their midst, and it hath not been known that they have come in unto their midst, and their appearance `is' bad as at the commencement; and I awake.

  • Neh 5:14
    66%

    14Also, from the day that he appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the thirty and second year of Artaxerxes the king -- twelve years -- I, and my brethren, the bread of the governor have not eaten:

  • Dan 2:16
    65%

    16and Daniel hath gone up, and sought of the king that he would give him time to shew the interpretation to the king.

  • Dan 2:18
    65%

    18and to seek mercies from before the God of the heavens concerning this secret, that they destroy not Daniel and his companions with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

  • 2 Kgs 25:29-30
    2 verses
    65%

    29and hath changed the garments of his restraint, and he hath eaten bread continually before him all days of his life,

    30and his allowance -- a continual allowance -- hath been given to him from the king, the matter of a day in its day, all days of his life.

  • Dan 6:1-2
    2 verses
    65%

    1It hath been good before Darius, and he hath established over the kingdom satraps -- a hundred and twenty -- that they may be throughout the whole kingdom,

    2and higher than they three presidents, of whom Daniel `is' first, that these satraps may give to them an account, and the king have no loss.

  • Esth 1:4-5
    2 verses
    65%

    4in his shewing the wealth of the honour of his kingdom, and the glory of the beauty of his greatness, many days -- eighty and a hundred days.

    5And at the fulness of these days hath the king made to all the people who are found in Shushan the palace, from great even unto small, a banquet, seven days, in the court of the garden of the house of the king --

  • Num 29:18
    65%

    18and their present, and their libations, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the sheep, in their number, according to the ordinance;

  • Num 29:21
    65%

    21and their present, and their libations, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, in their number, according to the ordinance;

  • Deut 32:14
    65%

    14Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, and rams, sons of Bashan, And he-goats, with fat of kidneys of wheat; And of the blood of the grape thou dost drink wine!

  • Dan 5:24
    65%

    24`Then from before Him sent is the extremity of the hand, and the writing is noted down;

  • Dan 5:4
    65%

    4they have drunk wine, and have praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

  • Num 29:24
    65%

    24their present, and their libations, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, in their number, according to the ordinance;

  • Num 29:27
    65%

    27and their present, and their libations, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, in their number, according to the ordinance;

  • 2 Sam 17:28
    64%

    28couch, and basin, and earthen vessel, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and roasted `corn', and beans, and lentiles, and roasted `pulse',

  • Num 29:30
    64%

    30and their present, and their libations, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, in their number, according to the ordinance;

  • Dan 5:13
    64%

    13Then Daniel hath been caused to come up before the king; answered hath the king, and said to Daniel, `Thou art that Daniel who `art' of the sons of the Removed of Judah, whom the king my father brought in out of Judah?