Daniel 1:10-12

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁰ And the prince of the eunuchs said to Daniel: I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed you meat and drink: who if he should see your faces leaner than those of the other youths your equals, you shall endanger my head to the king.

¹¹ And Daniel said to Malasar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Ananias, Misael, and Azarias:

¹² Try, I beseech thee, thy servants for ten days, and let pulse be given us to eat, and water to drink: