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So I gave an order. All the wise men of Babylon were to be brought to me. I wanted them to tell me what my dream meant. The fortune-tellers, magicians and wise men came. I told them about the dream. But those men could not tell me what it meant.

Finally, Daniel came to me. (I called him Belteshazzar to honor my god. The spirit of the holy gods is in him.) I told my dream to Daniel.

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So I commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be brought before me to interpret(A) the dream for me. When the magicians,(B) enchanters, astrologers[a] and diviners(C) came, I told them the dream, but they could not interpret it for me.(D) Finally, Daniel came into my presence and I told him the dream. (He is called Belteshazzar,(E) after the name of my god, and the spirit of the holy gods(F) is in him.)

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 4:7 Or Chaldeans