Daniel 1:11-13

Expanded Bible

¹¹ Daniel spoke to the ·guard [or attendant; steward] whom the chief ·officer [or of the eunuchs] had ·appointed [allotted/assigned] over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, ¹² “Please give us this test for ten days: Don’t give us anything but vegetables to eat and water to drink. ¹³ Then compare how we look with how the other ·young men [children; youth] look who eat the king’s ·food [rations]. See for yourself and then decide how you want to treat us, your servants.”