Daniel 2:2-13

2And the kingH4428 commanded to callH7121 the scribes, and the magiciansH2748, and the sorcerersH3784, and the ChaldeansH3778, to shew the kingH4428 his dreamsH2472; and they cameH935 and stoodH5975 before the kingH4428.

3And the kingH4428 saidH559 unto them, I have dreamedH2492 a dreamH2472, and my spiritH7307 is troubledH6470 to knowH3045 the dreamH2472.

4And the ChaldeansH3778 spokeH1696 to the kingH4428 in AramaicH762, O kingH4428, liveH2418 for everH5957! tell thy servantsH5649 the dreamH2493, and we will shew the interpretationH6591.

5The kingH4430 answered and saidH560 to the ChaldeansH3779, The command is gone forth from me: If ye do not makeH3046 knownH3046 unto me the dreamH2493, and its interpretationH6591, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your housesH1005 shall be madeH3046 a dunghill.

6But if ye shew the dreamH2493 and its interpretationH6591, ye shall receiveH6902 of me giftsH4978 and rewards and greatH7690 honour; therefore shew me the dreamH2493 and its interpretationH6591.

7They answered the second time and saidH560, Let the kingH4430 tellH560 his servantsH5649 the dreamH2493, and we will shew the interpretationH6591.

8The kingH4430 answered and saidH560, I knowH3046 of a certainty that ye would gain timeH5732, because ye seeH2370 the wordH4406 is gone forth from me;

9but if ye do not makeH3046 knownH3046 unto me the dreamH2493, there is but oneH2298 decreeH1882 for you; for ye have prepared lying and corrupt wordsH4406 to speak before me, till the timeH5732 be changedH8133: therefore tellH560 me the dreamH2493, and I shall knowH3046 that ye can shew me its interpretationH6591.

10The ChaldeansH3779 answered before the kingH4430 and saidH560, There is not a manH606 upon the earth that can shew the king's matterH4406; therefore there is no kingH4430, however greatH7229 and powerful, that hath askedH7593 such a thing of any scribe, or magicianH2749, or ChaldeanH3779.

11For the thing that the kingH4430 demandeth is extraordinary, and there is none other that can shew it before the kingH4430, except the 1godsH426, whose dwellingH4070 is not with flesh.

12For this cause the kingH4430 was irritated and very wroth, and commanded to destroyH7 all the wiseH2445 men of BabylonH895.

13And the decreeH1882 went forth that the wiseH2445 men were to be slain; and they sought DanielH1841 and his companions to slay them.