unge menn uten lyte, vakre og dyktige i all visdom, med kunnskap og forstand i lærdom, skikket til å tjene i kongens palass, for at de kunne læres opp i kaldeernes språk og litteratur.
Children 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.