Dànyǐlǐshū 1:14

14 Wĕi bàn biàn yún zhún tāmen zhè jiàn shì , shì kàn tāmen shí tiān .

Dànyǐlǐshū 1:14 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 1:14

So he consented to them in all this matter
Or, "hearkened to them" ^F5; being convinced that it was a very reasonable request, and the matter was fairly put; and especially as he saw, if it succeeded to their wish, it would be to his profit; since the meat and drink of these four persons would be his perquisite, and fetch him money; pulse and water being to be obtained at an easy rate: and proved them ten days;
tried the experiment, by giving them pulse and water only during this time, in order to see how it would agree with them; and whether any visible alteration could be discerned in their countenances, so as to bring him or his master into suspicion and danger.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 (Mhl emvyw) "auscultans eis", Junius & Tremellius, Broughtonus; "auscultavit eis", Pisator, Cocceius.

Dànyǐlǐshū 1:14 In-Context

12 Qiú nǐ shì shì púrén men shí tiān , gĕi wǒmen sù caì chī , bái shuǐ hē ,

13 Ránhòu kàn kàn wǒmen de miànmào hé yòng wáng shàn nà shàonián rén de miànmào , jiù zhào nǐ suǒ kàn de dāi púrén ba .

14 Wĕi bàn biàn yún zhún tāmen zhè jiàn shì , shì kàn tāmen shí tiān .

15 Guō le shí tiān , jiàn tāmende miànmào bǐ yòng wáng shàn de yīqiè shàonián rén gèngjiā jùnmĕi féi pàng .

16 Yúshì wĕi bàn chè qù paì tāmen yòng de shàn , yǐn de jiǔ , gĕi tāmen sù caì chī .