¹¹ Ashpenaz had ordered a guard to watch Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. ¹² Daniel said to the guard, “Please give us this test for ten days: Don’t give us anything but vegetables to eat and water to drink. ¹³ Then after ten days compare us with the other young men who eat the king’s food. See for yourself who looks healthier. Then you judge for yourself how you want to treat us, your servants.”