Then Daniel said to the steward whom the prince of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
The prince of the eunuchs 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 of your own age? Then you would endanger my head with the king.”
“Test your servants, I beg you, ten days; and let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink.
So the steward took away their delicacies and the wine that they were given to drink, and gave them vegetables.
Then Daniel went to his house and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: