Bel and the Dragon 4-6

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁴ The king revered it and went every day to worship it. But Daniel worshipped his own God.

So the king said to him, ‘Why do you not worship Bel?’ ⁵ He answered, ‘Because I do not revere idols made with hands, but the living God, who created heaven and earth and has dominion over all living creatures.’

⁶ The king said to him, ‘Do you not think that Bel is a living god? Do you not see how much he eats and drinks every day?’