Daniel 1:8-16 ▼

8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he woulde not defile hym selfe with the portion of the kinges meate, nor with the wyne which he dranke: therefore he required the chiefe chamberlayne that he might not defile him selfe.

9 (And God brought Daniel into fauour and tender loue with the chiefe chamberlayne.)

10 And the chiefe chamberlayne sayde vnto Daniel, I am afrayde of my lord the king whiche hath appoynted you your meate and your drinke: wherfore should he see your faces worse liking then the springalds of your age, & so ye shal make me indaunger my head vnto the king.

11 Then Daniel sayde vnto Melassar, whom the chiefe chamberlayne had set ouer Daniel, Ananias, Misael, and Azarias:

12 O proue but ten dayes with thy seruauntes, and let vs haue pulse to eate, and water to drinke.

13 Then let our countenaunces be loked vpon before thee, and the countenaunces of the children that eate of the portion of the kinges meate: and as thou seest, deale with thy seruauntes.

14 So he consented to them in this matter, and proued them ten dayes.

15 And at the end of ten dayes, their countenaunces appeared fairer and fatter in fleshe then all the childrens which did eate the portion of the kinges meate.

16 Thus Melassar toke away the portion of their meate, and the wyne that they shoulde drinke, and gaue them pulse.