Daniel 1:12
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
Proue thy seruants, I beseech thee, ten dayes, and let them giue †pulse †to eat, and water to drinke.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHebr. of pulse.
- †Hebrew wordingHebr. that we may eate, &c.
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- Romans 14:2Rank 1 from verse 12
- Daniel 1:16Rank 2 from verse 12
- Deuteronomy 8:3Rank 3 from verse 12
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.
3And he humbled thee, and suffred 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 liue by bread onely, but by euery word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man liue.
- Genesis 1:29–30Rank 4 from verse 12
29¶ 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.
30And 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¶ And God said, Behold, I haue giuen you euery herbe †bearing seede, which is vpon the face of all the earth, and euery tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yeelding seed, *to you it shall be for meat:
30And to euery beast of the earth, and to euery foule of the aire, and to euery thing that creepeth vpon the earth, wherein there is †life, I haue giuen euery greene herbe for meat: and it was so.
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Daniel 1:12
To test, try, examine, or establish as true by evidence.
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Persons who serve, labour for, obey, or attend another.
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To ask, request, entreat, or implore earnestly.
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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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To grant, hand, offer, supply, yield, or cause to have.
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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.
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Edible plant food.
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To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.
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Sense 1: The common liquid necessary for life. Sense 2: As a verb, to supply with water, irrigate, or cause to drink.
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11Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
11Then said Daniel to ‖Melzar, whom the Prince of the Eunuches had set ouer Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
12Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
12Proue thy seruants, I beseech thee, ten dayes, and let them giue †pulse †to eat, and water to drinke.
Selected passage13Then 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.
13Then let our countenances be looked vpon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the Kings meate: and as thou seest, deale with thy seruants.