Daniel 1:12 - Easy To Read Version

¹² Daniel said to the guard, “Please give us this test for ten days: Don’t give us anything but vegetables to eat and water to drink.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Prove your servants, I beseech you, for ten days and let us be given a vegetable diet and water to drink.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

Common English Bible

¹² “Why not test your servants for ten days? You could give us a diet of vegetables to eat and water to drink.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² "I beg you to test us, your servants, for ten days, and let roots be given to us to eat and water to drink,

English Standard Version 2016

¹² “Test your servants for ten days; let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink.

Daniel 1:12 Cross References

Daniel 1:11

Then Daniel talked to their guard. Ashpenaz had ordered the guard to watch Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.

Daniel 1:13

Then after ten days, compare us with the other young men who eat the king’s food. See for yourself who looks healthier. Then you judge for yourself how you want to treat us. We are your servants.”

Daniel 1:16

So the guard continued to take away the king’s special food and wine and to give vegetables to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.

Romans 14:2

One person believes that he can eat any kind of food {\cf2\super [141]} he wants. But if another person’s faith is weak, then that person believes he can eat only vegetables.

Deuteronomy 8:3

The Lord humbled you and let you be hungry. Then he fed you with manna [49] —something you did not know about before. It was something your ancestors [50] had never seen. Why did the Lord do these things? Because he wanted you to know that it is not just bread that keeps people alive. People’s lives depend on what the Lord says.

Revelation 2:10

Don’t be afraid of the things that will happen to you. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison. He will do this to test you. You will suffer for ten days. But be faithful, even if you have to die. If you continue faithful, then I will give you the crown of life.