Daniel 2:7-9

7They answered a second time and said, “Let the king 1tell the dream to his servants, and we will declare the interpretation.”

8The king replied, “I know for certain that you are 2bargaining for time, inasmuch as you have seen that 3the command from me is firm,

9that if you do not make the dream known to me, there is only 4one 5decree for you. For you have agreed together to speak lying and corrupt 6words before me until the 7situation is changed; therefore tell me the dream, that I may 8know that you can declare to me its interpretation.”