Daniel 1:14

Daniel 1:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
• New International Version (NIV)So he agreed to this and tested them for ten days.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So he listened to them in this matter, and tested them for ten days.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So he consented with them in this matter, and tested them ten days.

Context of Daniel 1:14

12He said, ‘Please sir, watch us for ten days. Give us only vegetables to eat and water to drink. 13After ten days, see what our faces and our bodies look like. Also see what the other young men who eat the king's food look like. When you look at them and you look at us, you can decide what to do with us.’ The guard agreed to what they said. He watched them for ten days. 15After ten days, their faces seemed more handsome than the young men who ate the king's food. Their bodies also seemed to be fatter. 16So the guard no longer gave them the king's food and wine to eat. He gave vegetables and water to them instead.

Daniel 1:14 word by word

וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע לָהֶ֖ם לַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וַיְנַסֵּ֖ם יָמִ֥ים עֲשָׂרָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So he consentedשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• to them in this matterדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• and provedנָסָהnâsâh · to testH5254
• them tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Commentaries on Daniel 1:14

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14So he consented to them in this matter - Hebrew, “he heard them in this thing.” The experiment was such, since it was to be for so short a time, that he ran little risk in the matter, as at the end of the ten days he supposed that it would be easy to change their mode of diet if the trial was unsuccessful.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-16Verses 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 seek the delights of sense…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-14deal with your servants: Daniel showed wisdom, careful judgment, and politeness in how he treated his attendant, who reacted positively.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1513-15. Illustrating De 8:3, "Man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord."Read the comment

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Commentaries on Daniel 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings