10. The chief-of-staff told Daniel, “I’m afraid of my master, the king. The king determined what you should eat and drink. If he sees that you look worse than the other young men your age, he would have my head cut off.”
11. The chief-of-staff put a supervisor in charge of Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Daniel said to the supervisor,
12. “Please test us for ten days. Give us only vegetables to eat and water to drink.
13. Then compare us to the young men who are eating the king’s rich food. Decide how to treat us on the basis of how we look.”