Daniel 1:16 - The Scriptures 2009

And it came to be that the overseer took away their portion of food and the wine they were to drink, and gave them vegetables.

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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.

And Dani’ĕl said to the overseer whom the chief of the eunuchs had set over Dani’ĕl, Ḥananyah, Misha’ĕl, and Azaryah,

“Please try your servants for ten days, and let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink.