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⌋."*