27:002:007 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants
the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.
27:002:008 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would
gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
27:002:009 But if ye will 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 the interpretation thereof.
27:002:010 The 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, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
27:002:011 And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
27:002:012 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and
commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
27:002:013 And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain;
and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
27:002:014 Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the
captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the
wise men of Babylon:
27:002:015 He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the
decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing
known to Daniel.
27:002:016 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would
give him time, and that he would shew the king the
interpretation.