Daniel 1:12
King James Version (KJV)
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
In context
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 see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.
11 Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
12 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
13 Then 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.
14 So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
Daniel 1:12 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
- WEB World English Bible
- “Test your servants, I beg you, ten days; and let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “Please test your servants for ten days. Let us be given only vegetables to eat and water to drink.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 'Try, I pray thee, thy servants, ten days; and they give to us of the vegetables, and we eat, and water, and we drink;
- DBY Darby Translation
- Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink;
- WBS Webster Bible
- Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.