Daniel 1:14-16

1:14 So the warden ¹  agreed to their proposal ²  and tested them for ten ³  days.

1:15 At the end of the ten days their appearance was better and their bodies were healthier ⁴  than all the young men who had been eating the royal delicacies. 1:16 So the warden removed the delicacies and the wine ⁵  from their diet ⁶  and gave them a diet of vegetables instead.

[1:14]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the warden mentioned in v. 11) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:14]  ² tn Heb “listened to them with regard to this matter.”

[1:14]  ³ sn The number ten is sometimes used in the OT as an ideal number of completeness. Cf. v. 20; Zech 8:23; Rev 2:10.

[1:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “fat of flesh”; KJV, ASV “fatter in flesh”; NASB, NRSV “fatter” (although this is no longer a sign of health in Western culture).

[1:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “the wine of their drinking.”

[1:16]  ⁶ tn The words “from their diet” are not in the Hebrew text but have been added in the translation for clarity.