Daniel 2:8-10

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⁸ ·King Nebuchadnezzar [^LThe king] answered, “I know you are ·trying to get more [stalling for] time, because you know that ·I meant what I said [^Lthe matter has been determined by me]. ⁹ If you don’t tell me my dream, ·you will be punished [^Lthere is one ordinance/verdict for you]. You have all agreed to tell me lies and wicked things, hoping things will change. Now, tell me the dream so that I will know you can tell me ·what it really means [its interpretation]!”

¹⁰ The ·wise men [astrologers; ^LChaldeans] answered the king, saying, “No one on earth can ·do [reveal] what the king asks! No great and powerful king has ever asked the ·magicians [enchanters], ·fortune tellers [diviners], or ·wise men [astrologers; ^LChaldeans] to do this [^Cnormally the dreamer would tell the dream, and the interpreter would interpret it using a dream commentary];