Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
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12 Prove now thy servants ten days; and let them give us pulse, and let us eat, and let us drink water:
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“Please test your servants for ten days: Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink.
13 And let our countenances be seen by thee, and the countenances of the children that eat the king's table; and deal with thy servants according as thou shalt see.
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Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who eat the royal food, and treat your servants in accordance with what you see.”
14 And he hearkened to them, and proved them ten days.
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So he agreed to this and tested them for ten days.
15 And at the end of the ten days their countenances appeared fairer and stouter in flesh, than the children that fed at the king's table.
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At the end of the ten days they looked healthier and better nourished than any of the young men who ate the royal food.
16 So Amelsad took away their supper and the wine of their drink, and gave them pulse.
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So the guard took away their choice food and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables instead.
17 And these four children, God gave them understanding and prudence in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
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To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning. And Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds.
18 And at the end of the days, which the king had given orders to bring them in, then the chief of the eunuchs brought them in before Nabuchodonosor.
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At the end of the time set by the king to bring them into his service, the chief official presented them to Nebuchadnezzar.
19 And the king spoke with them; and there were not found out of them all any like Daniel, and Ananias and Misael, and Azarias: and they stood before the king.
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The king talked with them, and he found none equal to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah; so they entered the king’s service.
20 And in every matter of wisdom and knowledge wherein the king questioned them, he found them ten times wiser than all the enchanters and sorcerers that were in all his kingdom.
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In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king questioned them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his whole kingdom.
21 And Daniel continued till the first year of king Cyrus.
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And Daniel remained there until the first year of King Cyrus.
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