Then Daniel said to the steward, whom the master of the officials had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
The master of the officials said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king who has appointed your food and your drink. For why should he see your faces worse-looking than the youths who are your age? Then you would endanger my head before the king.”
“Please test your servants for ten days, and let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink.
Thus the guard continued to take away the portion of their food and the wine that they were to drink, and gave them vegetables.
Then Daniel went to his house and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions,