Daniel 1:9-11

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁹ Now God allowed Daniel to receive favour and compassion from the palace master. ¹⁰ The palace master said to Daniel, ‘I am afraid of my lord the king; he has appointed your food and your drink. If he should see you in poorer condition than the other young men of your own age, you would endanger my head with the king.’ ¹¹ Then Daniel asked the guard whom the palace master had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: