Daniel 2:4-11

LEB(i) 4 And the astrologers* said to the king in Aramaic,* "O king, live forever! Tell the dream to your servants and we will reveal the explanation." 5 The king answered and said to the astrologers,* "The command from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its explanation,* then you will be broken into pieces and your houses will be laid in ruins. 6 But if you tell me the dream and its explanation, you will receive gifts and rewards* and great honor from me. Therefore, tell me the dream and its explanation."* 7 They answered once more and said, "Let the king tell the dream to his servants and we will make the explanation known." 8 The king answered and said, "Certainly* I know that you are trying to gain time* because* you have seen that this matter is firmly decreed by me,* 9 for if you do not make the dream known to me, your verdict is fixed,* and you have conspired to say a lying and deceitful word to me until the circumstances* will change. Therefore, tell me the dream, and I will know that you can tell me its explanation." 10 The astrologers* answered the king and said, "There is not a man on earth that is able to reveal the word of the king; in fact,* no great and powerful king has ever asked a thing like this of any magician* or conjurer* or astrologer.* 11 And the thing that the king is asking is too difficult and there is no one who* can reveal it to the king except the gods whose dwelling is not with mortals."*