Daniel 1:9

New American Standard Bible (1995)

Now God granted Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the commander of the officials,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
God had granted Daniel kindness and compassion from the chief eunuch,

Hebrew Names Version
Now God made Daniyel to find kindness and compassion in the sight of the prince of the eunuchs.

King James Version
Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.

English Standard Version
And God gave Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the chief of the eunuchs,

New American Standard Bible
Now God granted Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the commander of the officials.

New Century Version
God made Ashpenaz, the chief officer, want to be kind and merciful to Daniel,

Amplified Bible
Now God granted Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the commander of the officials,

Geneva Bible (1587)
(Nowe God had brought Daniel into fauour, and tender loue with the chiefe of the Eunuches)

Berean Standard Bible
Now God had granted Daniel favor and compassion from the chief official,

Contemporary English Version
God had made the official friendly and kind to Daniel.

Complete Jewish Bible
God caused the chief officer to be kind and sympathetic toward Dani'el;

Darby Translation
And God granted Daniel favour and mercy before the prince of the eunuchs.

Easy-to-Read Version
God caused Ashpenaz, the man in charge of the officials, to be kind and loyal to Daniel.

George Lamsa Translation
Now God gave Daniel grace and mercy in the presence of the chief of the eunuchs.

Good News Translation
and God made Ashpenaz sympathetic to Daniel.

Lexham English Bible
And God gave Daniel favor and compassion before the commander of the court officials,

Literal Translation
And God had given Daniel kindness and compassion before the chief of the eunuchs.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So God gaue Daniel fauoure and grace before ye chefe chamberlayne,

American Standard Version
Now God made Daniel to find kindness and compassion in the sight of the prince of the eunuchs.

Bible in Basic English
And God put into the heart of the captain of the unsexed servants kind feelings and pity for Daniel.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And God granted Daniel mercy and compassion in the sight of the chief of the officers.

King James Version (1611)
Now God had brought Daniel into fauour and tender loue with the Prince of the Eunuches.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
(And God brought Daniel into fauour and tender loue with the chiefe chamberlayne.)

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Now God had brought Daniel into favour and compassion with the chief of the eunuchs.

English Revised Version
Now God made Daniel to find favour and compassion in the sight of the prince of the eunuchs.

World English Bible
Now God made Daniel to find kindness and compassion in the sight of the prince of the eunuchs.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe God yaf grace and merci to Daniel, in the siyt of the prince of onest seruauntis and chast.

Update Bible Version
Now God made Daniel to find kindness and compassion in the sight of the prince of the eunuchs.

Webster's Bible Translation
Now God had brought Daniel into favor and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.

New English Translation
Then God made the overseer of the court officials sympathetic to Daniel.

New King James Version
Now God had brought Daniel into the favor and goodwill of the chief of the eunuchs.

New Living Translation
Now God had given the chief of staff both respect and affection for Daniel.

New Life Bible
Now God gave Daniel favor and pity in the eyes of the head ruler.

New Revised Standard
Now God allowed Daniel to receive favor and compassion from the palace master.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, although God had brought Daniel into lovingkindness and tender compassion, before the ruler of the eunuchs,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And God gave to Daniel grace and mercy in the sight of the prince of the eunuchs.

Revised Standard Version
And God gave Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the chief of the eunuchs;

Young's Literal Translation
And God giveth Daniel for kindness and for mercies before the chief of the eunuchs;

Contextual Overview

⁸ But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king's choice food or with the wine which he drank; so he sought permission from the commander of the officials that he might not defile himself. ⁹ Now God granted Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the commander of the officials,¹⁰ and the commander of the officials said to Daniel, "I am afraid of my lord the king, who has appointed your food and your drink; for why should he see your faces looking more haggard than the youths who are your own age? Then you would make me forfeit my head to the king." ¹¹ But Daniel said to the overseer whom the commander of the officials had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, ¹² "Please test your servants for ten days, and let us be given some vegetables to eat and water to drink. ¹³ "Then let our appearance be observed in your presence and the appearance of the youths who are eating the king's choice food; and deal with your servants according to what you see." ¹⁴ So he listened to them in this matter and tested them for ten days. ¹⁵ At the end of ten days their appearance seemed better and they were fatter than all the youths who had been eating the king's choice food. ¹⁶ So the overseer continued to withhold their choice food and the wine they were to drink, and kept giving them vegetables.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Genesis 32:28, Genesis 39:21, 1 Kings 8:50, Ezra 7:27, Ezra 7:28, Nehemiah 1:11, Nehemiah 2:4, Psalms 4:3, Psalms 106:46, Proverbs 16:7, Acts 7:10

Reciprocal: Genesis 30:27 - favour Exodus 12:36 - the Lord Nehemiah 2:8 - the king Esther 2:9 - she obtained Proverbs 3:4 - shalt Ecclesiastes 12:1 - Remember

Cross-References

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 1:2
The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.

Genesis 1:5
God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

Genesis 1:6
Then God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."

Genesis 1:8
God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

Genesis 1:9
Then God said, "Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so.

Genesis 1:11
Then God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them"; and it was so.

Genesis 1:28
God blessed them; and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

Genesis 1:29
Then God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;

Job 26:7
"He stretches out the north over empty space And hangs the earth on nothing.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs. Even before this request was made; as he gave to Joseph favour in the sight of Potiphar, and of the keeper of the prison; for whatever favour is shown to good men by bad men is from the Lord; for though Daniel's ingenuity, the goodness of his temper, and his modest behaviour, his excellent natural parts, and other accomplishments, might be a means of ingratiating him into the favour of this officer; yet all would have been insufficient to recommend him to him, or to overcome his prejudices on account of religion, if the Lord had not wrought upon his heart to show kindness and tenderness to him; which appeared not only by his past usage of him; but, when he presented his supplication to him, he did not put on a stern countenance, and answer him roughly, and threaten him if he did not comply with the king's orders; but in a mild and gentle manner, as follows:

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Now God had brought Daniel into favor - Compare Genesis 39:21; Proverbs 16:7. By what means this had been done is not mentioned. It may be presumed, however, that it was by the attractiveness of his person and manners, and by the evidence of promising talent which he had evinced. Whatever were the means, however, two things are worthy of notice:

(1) The effect of this on the subsequent fortunes of Daniel. It was to him a great advantage, that by the friendship of this man he was enabled to carry out the purposes of temperance and religion which he had formed, without coming in conflict with those who were in power.

(2) God was the author of the favor which was thus shown to Daniel. It was by a controlling influence which he exerted, that this result had been secured, and Daniel traced it directly to him. We may hence learn that the favor of others toward us is to be traced to the hand of God, and if we are prospered in the world, and are permitted to enjoy the friendship of those who have it in their power to benefit us, though it may be on account of our personal qualifications, we should learn to attribute it all to God. There would have been great reason to apprehend beforehand, that the refusal of Daniel and his companions to partake of the food prepared for them would have been construed as an affront offered to the king, especially if it was understood to be on the ground that they regarded it as “defilement” or “pollution” to partake of it; but God overruled it all so as to secure the favor of those in power.