Daniel 1:14
So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
Daniel 1:14 in other translations
| BSB | So he consented to this and tested them for ten days. |
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| WEB | So he listened to them in this matter, and tested them for ten days. |
| ASV | So he hearkened unto them in this matter, and proved them ten days. |
| YLT | And he hearkeneth to them, to this word, and trieth them ten days: |
| DARBY | And he hearkened unto them in this matter, and proved them ten days. |
| BBE | So he gave ear to them in this thing and put them to the test for ten days. |
| Webster | So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days. |
What does Daniel 1:14 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Daniel 1:13-15
13-15. Illustrating De 8:3, "Man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord."
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Daniel 1:8-16
The interest we think we make for ourselves, we must acknowledge to be God's gift. Daniel was still firm to his religion. Whatever they called him, he still held fast the spirit of an Israelite. These youths scrupled concerning the meat, lest it should be sinful. When God's people are in Babylon they need take special care that they partake not of her sins. It is much to the praise of young people, not to covet or…
Daniel 1:14 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Daniel 1:13
Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king’s meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.
- Daniel 1:14
So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
- Daniel 1:15
And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king’s meat.
Daniel 1:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Consintió pues con ellos en esto, y probó con ellos diez días. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il les écouta dans cette affaire, et les mit à l’épreuve, dix jours; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er hörte auf sie in dieser Sache und versuchte es zehn Tage mit ihnen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui, audito sermone hujuscemodi, tentavit eos diebus decem. |