Daniel 1:16 - The Scriptures 2009

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ So the steward took away their [rich] dainties and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ So the steward took away their dainties, and the wine that they should drink, and gave them pulse.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ So the guard kept taking away their rations and the wine they were supposed to drink and gave them vegetables instead.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Thereafter, Malasar took away their portions and their wine for drinking, and he gave them roots.

English Standard Version 2016

¹⁶ So the steward took away their food and the wine they were to drink, and gave them vegetables.

Daniel 1:16 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 1:12

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