Daniel 1:12 - The Scriptures 2009

¹² “Please try your servants for ten days, and let them give us 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

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

Daniel 1:13

“Then let our appearances be examined before you, and the appearances of the young men who eat the portion of the sovereign’s food. And do with your servants as you see fit.”

Daniel 1:16

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.

Romans 14:2

One indeed believes to eat all food, but he who is weak eats only vegetables.

Deuteronomy 8:3

And He humbled you, and let you suffer hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, to make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but by every Word that comes from the mouth of יהוה.

Revelation 2:10

“Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. See, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, in order to try you, and you shall have pressure ten days. Be trustworthy until death, and I shall give you the crown of life.