Daniel 1:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁵ At the end of ten days it was observed that they appeared better and fatter than all the young men who had been eating the royal rations.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ And at the end of ten days it was seen that they were looking better and had taken on more flesh than all the youths who ate of the king's rich dainties.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer, and they were fatter in flesh, than all the youths that did eat of the king’s dainties.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ At the end of ten days they looked better and healthier than all the young men who were eating the king’s food.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ But, after ten days, their faces appeared better and fatter than all the children who had eaten from the king's food.

English Standard Version 2016

¹⁵ At the end of ten days it was seen that they were better in appearance and fatter in flesh than all the youths who ate the king’s food.

Daniel 1:15 Cross References

Psalm 37:16

Better is a little that the righteous person has than the abundance of many wicked.

Exodus 23:25

You shall serve the Lord your God, and I will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you.

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and toil adds nothing to it.

Daniel 1:14

So he agreed to this proposal and tested them for ten days.

Haggai 1:6

You have sown much and harvested little; you eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and you that earn wages earn wages to put them into a bag with holes.

Haggai 1:9

You have looked for much, but it came to little, and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? says the Lord of hosts. Because my house lies in ruins, while all of you hurry off to your own houses.

Malachi 2:2

If you will not listen, if you will not lay it to heart to give glory to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings; indeed, I have already cursed them because you do not lay it to heart.

Matthew 4:4

But he answered, “It is written, ‘One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ”