King James Version
Daniel 1:14 in the King James Version says “So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.” — study this verse from Daniel chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.”
Daniel 1:14 · KJV
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. pulse: Heb. of pulse to eat: Heb. that we may eat, etc
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.
So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
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.
Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“So he consented”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“to them in this matter”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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