Daniel 1:12
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Try, I beseech thee, thy servants for ten days, and let pulse be given us to eat, and water to drink:

pulse to eat.

Daniel 1:16 So Malasar took their portions, and the wine that they should drink: and he gave them pulse.

Genesis 1:29,30 And God said: Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed upon the earth, and all trees that have in themselves seed of their own kind, to be your meat: . . .

Deuteronomy 8:3 He afflicted thee with want, and gave thee manna for thy food, which neither thou nor thy fathers knew: to shew that not in bread alone doth man live, but in every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God.

Romans 14:2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: but he that is weak, let him eat herbs.

Context
Daniel's Faithfulness
11And Daniel said to Malasar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Ananias, Misael, and Azarias: 12Try, I beseech thee, thy servants for ten days, and let pulse be given us to eat, and water to drink:13And look upon our faces, and the faces of the children that eat of the king's meat: and as thou shalt see, deal with thy servants.…
Cross References
Revelation 2:10
Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. Behold, the devil will cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried: and you shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death: and I will give thee the crown of life.

Daniel 1:11
And Daniel said to Malasar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Ananias, Misael, and Azarias:

Daniel 1:13
And look upon our faces, and the faces of the children that eat of the king's meat: and as thou shalt see, deal with thy servants.

Daniel 1:16
So Malasar took their portions, and the wine that they should drink: and he gave them pulse.

Lexicon
“Please
נָ֥א (nā)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

test
נַס־ (nas-)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5254: To test, to attempt

your servants
עֲבָדֶ֖יךָ (‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant

for ten
עֲשָׂרָ֑ה (‘ă·śā·rāh)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6235: Ten

days.
יָמִ֣ים (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

Let us be given
וְיִתְּנוּ־ (wə·yit·tə·nū-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

only vegetables
הַזֵּרֹעִ֛ים (haz·zê·rō·‘îm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2235: Something sown, a vegetable

to eat
וְנֹאכְלָ֖ה (wə·nō·ḵə·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

and water
וּמַ֥יִם (ū·ma·yim)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

to drink.
וְנִשְׁתֶּֽה׃ (wə·niš·teh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 8354: To imbibe


Additional Translations
“Please test your servants for ten days. Let us be given only vegetables to eat and water to drink.Prove your servants, I beseech you, ten days; and let them give us vegetables to eat, and water to drink.

Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

Prove now thy servants ten days; and let them give us pulse, and let us eat, and let us drink water:

Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink;

Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

Test your servants, I beg you, ten days; and let them give us vegetables to eat, and water to drink.

'Try, I pray thee, thy servants, ten days; and they give to us of the vegetables, and we eat, and water, and we drink;
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