Daniel 2:4-11 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king, in Aramaic,––O king, to the ages, live! Tell the dream to thy servants, and, the interpretation, we will declare.

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ Then spake the Chaldeans to the king, in Aramaic,––O king, to the ages, live! Tell the dream to thy servants, and, the interpretation, we will declare. ⁵ The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The word from me, is unalterable: If ye shall not make known to me the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and, your houses, into a dunghill, shall be turned; ⁶ but, if, the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye will declare, gifts and a present and great dignity, shall ye receive from before me,––therefore, the dream and the interpretation thereof, declare ye unto me. ⁷ They answered again and said,––Let, the king, tell, the dream, to his servants, and, the interpretation thereof, we will declare. ⁸ The king answered and said, Of a certainty, I know, that, time, ye, would gain,––merely because ye see that, unalterable, from me, is the word: ⁹ That, if, the dream, ye shall not make known to me, one and the same, is the decree, and, a lying and wicked word, have ye agreed to speak before me, that meanwhile the time may be changed,––therefore, the dream, tell ye me, so shall I know that, the interpretation thereof, ye can declare for me. ¹⁰ The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, There is not a man upon the earth, who can declare, the matter of the king,––although indeed, there is no king, chief ruler who, a thing like this, hath asked of any sacred scribe or magician or Chaldean; ¹¹ and, the thing which the king hath asked, is difficult, and, none other, is there, who can declare it before the king,––saving the gods whose dwelling is, not with flesh.