Daniel 1:10-12

21st Century King James Version

¹⁰ And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink. For why should he see your faces sadder than the youths who are of your sort? Then shall ye make me endanger my head before the king.”

¹¹ Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

¹² “Test thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days, and let them give us pulse to eat and water to drink.