Daniel 1:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

So the steward took away their meat, and the wine that they should drink, and gave them pulse.

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

So the steward took away their [rich] dainties and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables.

So the steward took away their dainties, and the wine that they should drink, and gave them pulse.

So the guard kept taking away their rations and the wine they were supposed to drink and gave them vegetables instead.

Thereafter, Malasar took away their portions and their wine for drinking, and he gave them roots.

So the steward took away their food and the wine they were to drink, and gave them vegetables.

Then said Daniel to the steward, whom the prince of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:

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