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.
Ver. 15. Their countenances appeared fairer.] They had both better health (for Tenuis mensa sanitatis mater, saith Chrysostom, Spare diet is very healthful), a and their good conscience or merry heart was a continual feast to them. They had also God's blessing upon their coarser fare, and this was the main matter that made the difference.
a Gustato spiritu desipit omnis caro. - Bern.