13 Then let our appearance and the appearance of the youths who eat ^kthe king’s food be observed by you, and deal with your servants according to what you see.”

15 At the end of ten days it was seen that they were better in appearance and fatter in flesh than all the youths who ate ^kthe king’s food.

16 ^wSo the steward took away their food and the wine they were to drink, and gave them ^xvegetables.