Daniel 1:9

King James Version

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

Parallel Translations

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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;

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

World English Bible
Now God made Daniel to find kindness and compassion 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;

Update Bible 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.

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

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

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now God granted Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the commander of the officials,

Contextual Overview

⁸ But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. ⁹ Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs. ¹⁰ And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king. ¹¹ Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, ¹² Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. ¹³ Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants. ¹⁴ So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days. ¹⁵ And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat. ¹⁶ Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.

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 heaven and the earth.

Genesis 1:2
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Genesis 1:5
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Genesis 1:6
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Genesis 1:8
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

Genesis 1:11
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Genesis 1:29
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

Job 26:7
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon 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.