Daniel 1:12,14
Daniel 1:11-13 The Message (MSG)
But Daniel appealed to a steward who had been assigned by the head of the palace staff to be in charge of Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: “Try us out for ten days on a simple diet of vegetables and water. Then compare us with the young men who eat from the royal menu. Make your decision on the basis of what you see.”
Daniel 1:14-16 The Message (MSG)
The steward agreed to do it and fed them vegetables and water for ten days. At the end of the ten days they looked better and more robust than all the others who had been eating from the royal menu. So the steward continued to exempt them from the royal menu of food and drink and served them only vegetables.
Daniel 1:12 King James Version (KJV)
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
Daniel 1:14 King James Version (KJV)
So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
Daniel 1:12 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
“Please test your servants for ten days, and let us be given some vegetables to eat and water to drink.
Daniel 1:14 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
So he listened to them in this matter and tested them for ten days.
Daniel 1:12 New Century Version (NCV)
Daniel said to the guard, “Please give us this test for ten days: Don’t give us anything but vegetables to eat and water to drink.
Daniel 1:14 New Century Version (NCV)
So the guard agreed to test them for ten days.
Daniel 1:12 American Standard Version (ASV)
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
Daniel 1:14 American Standard Version (ASV)
So he hearkened unto them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
Daniel 1:12 New International Version (NIV)
“Please test your servants for ten days: Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink.
Daniel 1:14 New International Version (NIV)
So he agreed to this and tested them for ten days.
Daniel 1:12 New King James Version (NKJV)
“Please test your servants for ten days, and let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink.
Daniel 1:14 New King James Version (NKJV)
So he consented with them in this matter, and tested them ten days.
Daniel 1:12 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“Please, test your servants for ten days, and let us be given some vegetables to eat and water to drink.
Daniel 1:14 Amplified Bible (AMP)
So the man listened to them in this matter and tested them for ten days.
Daniel 1:12 New Living Translation (NLT)
“Please test us for ten days on a diet of vegetables and water,” Daniel said.
Daniel 1:14 New Living Translation (NLT)
The attendant agreed to Daniel’s suggestion and tested them for ten days.
Daniel 1:12 The Passion Translation (TPT)
“Test us, your servants, for ten days. Give us only seeds to eat and water to drink.
Daniel 1:14 The Passion Translation (TPT)
So the overseer agreed to do what they requested and tested them for ten days.