Daniel 1:12
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Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.“Please test your servants for ten days. Let us be given only vegetables to eat and water to drink.
In other translations
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.“Please test your servants for ten days. Let us be given only vegetables to eat and water to drink.
Hebrew words
נַס־nas-put to [the] testH5254נָאna'pleaseH4994אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853עֲבָדֶיךָ'avadeikhaservants yourH5650יָמִיםyamimdaysH3117עֲשָׂרָה'asarahtenH6235וְיִתְּנוּ־veyitenu-so let people giveH5414לָנוּlanuto usמִן־min-some ofH4480הַזֵּרֹעִיםhazero'imthe vegetablesH2235וְנֹאכְלָהvenokhelahso we may eatH398וּמַיִםumayimand waterH4325וְנִשְׁתֶּה׃venishtehso we may drinkH8354
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Romans 14:2For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables.
- Daniel 1:16Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.So the steward continued to withhold their choice food and the wine they were to drink, and he gave them vegetables instead.
- Deuteronomy 8:3And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
- Genesis 1:29-3029 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.29 Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food. 30 And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
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