Daniel 1:13

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

sesudah itu bandingkanlah perawakan kami dengan perawakan orang-orang muda yang makan dari santapan raja, kemudian perlakukanlah hamba-hambamu ini sesuai dengan pendapatmu."

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
sesudah itu bandingkanlah perawakan kami dengan perawakan orang-orang muda yang makan dari santapan raja, kemudian perlakukanlah hamba-hambamu ini sesuai dengan pendapatmu."

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Lalu hendaklah di hadapan tuan juga orang membanding rupa hamba ini dengan rupa segala orang muda-muda yang selalu makan ayapan baginda, kemudian buatlah akan hamba ini setuju dengan pendapatan tuan itu.

Contextual Overview

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.

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Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee,.... And be thoroughly examined, whether any alteration is made therein for the worse:

and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat; who were either Chaldean youths brought up in this manner; or rather young men of the Jews, who were not so scrupulous as Daniel and his companions, and made no objection to eating the king's food; let their countenances and ours be compared together:

and as thou seest deal with thy servants: if there is no difference, or we are not the worse for abstaining from the king's meat, then grant us our request, and continue to indulge us in this manner; but, if otherwise, do as thou wilt. Daniel, no doubt, in putting the matter on this issue, as it should turn out at the end of ten days, had a revelation or assurance from God how it would be, or he would never have ventured to put it to such a trial.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then let our countenances be looked upon - One of the “objects” to be secured by this whole trial was to promote their personal beauty, and their healthful appearance Daniel 1:4-5, and Daniel was willing that the trial should be made with reference to that, and that a judgment should be formed from the observed effect of their temperate mode of life. The Hebrew word rendered countenance (מראה mar'eh) is not limited to the “face,” as the word countenance is with us. It refers to the whole appearance, the form, the “looks;” and the expression here is equivalent to, “Then look on us, and see what the result has been, and deal with us accordingly” The Greek is, αἱ ἰδέαι ἡμῶν hai ideai hēmōn - our appearance.

Of the children - Youths; young men. Notes, Daniel 1:4. The reference is, probably, to the Chaldean youths who were trained up amidst the luxuries of the court. It is possible, however, that the reference is to Hebrew youths who were less scrupulous than Daniel and his companions.

And as thou seest, deal with thy servants - As the result shall be. That is, let us be presented at court, and promoted or not, as the result of our mode of living shall be. What the effect would have been if there had been a failure, we are not informed. Whether it would have endangered their lives, or whether it would have been merely a forfeiture of the proffered honors and advantages, we have no means of determining. It is evident that Daniel had no apprehension as to the issue.