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 worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.
Why should he see your faces worse liking - looking less healthy.
Than the children which are of your sort? - of your age or class; literally, circle.
Then shall ye make me endanger my head. An arbitrary Oriental despot would, in a fit of wrath at his orders having been disobeyed, command the offender to be instantly decapitated.