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Daniel 1:12-14
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Daniel 1:12-14
New English Translation
12 “Please test your servants for ten days by providing us with some vegetables to eat and water to drink. 13 Then compare our appearance[a] with that of[b] the young men who are eating the royal delicacies;[c] deal with us[d] in light of what you see.” 14 So the warden[e] agreed to their proposal[f] and tested them for ten[g] days.
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- Daniel 1:13 tn Heb “let our appearance be seen before you.”
- Daniel 1:13 tn Heb “the appearance of.”
- Daniel 1:13 tn Heb “delicacies of the king,” as also in v. 15.
- Daniel 1:13 tn Heb “your servants.”
- Daniel 1:14 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the warden mentioned in v. 11) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Daniel 1:14 tn Heb “listened to them with regard to this matter.”
- Daniel 1:14 sn The number ten is sometimes used in the OT as an ideal number of completeness (cf. v. 20; Zech 8:23; Rev 2:10).
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