Daniel 1:12
Daniel’s Faithfulness
11Then Daniel said to the steward whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,12“Please test your servants for ten days. Let us be given only vegetables to eat and water to drink.13Then compare our appearances with those of the young men who are eating the royal food, and deal with your servants according to what you see.”
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Berean Standard Bible
“Please test your servants for ten days. Let us be given only vegetables to eat and water to drink.
American Standard Version (1901)
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
Bible in Basic English
Put your servants to the test for ten days; let them give us grain for our food and water for our drink.
Free Bible Version
“Please put us, your servants, to the test and just give us vegetables to eat and water to drink for ten days,” Daniel told him.
King James (Authorized) Version
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
Translation for Translators
So I said to this guard: “Please test us for ten days. During that time give us only vegetables to eat and water to drink.
Unlocked Literal Bible
He said, “Please test us, your servants, for ten days. Give us only some vegetables to eat and water to drink.
Noah Webster Bible
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
World English Bible
“Test your servants, I beg you, ten days; and let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink.
Young's Literal Translation
'Try, I pray thee, thy servants, ten days; and they give to us of the vegetables, and we eat, and water, and we drink;