Daniel 2:2-13

2And the king commanded to call the scribes, and the magicians, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to shew the king his dreams; and they came and stood before the king.

3And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.

4And the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, O king, live for ever! tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.

5The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The command is gone forth from me: If ye do not make known unto me the dream, and its interpretation, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

6But if ye shew the dream and its interpretation, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour; therefore shew me the dream and its interpretation.

7They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.

8The king answered and said, I know of a certainty that ye would gain time, because ye see the word is gone forth from me;

9but if ye do not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you; for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me its interpretation.

10The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter; therefore there is no king, however great and powerful, that hath asked such a thing of any scribe, or magician, or Chaldean.

11For the thing that the king demandeth is extraordinary, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the 1gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

12For this cause the king was irritated and very wroth, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

13And the decree went forth that the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to slay them.