Daniel:2:2-13

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* Then the king commanded to call the magicians , and the astrologers , and the sorcerers , and the Chaldeans , for to shew the king his dreams . So they came and stood before the king . * And the king said unto them , I have dreamed a dream , and my spirit was troubled to know the dream . * Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack , O king , live for ever : tell thy servants the dream , and we will shew the interpretation . * The king answered and said to the Chaldeans , The thing is gone from me : if ye will not make known unto me the dream , with the interpretation thereof , ye shall be cut in pieces , and your houses shall be made a dunghill . * But if ye shew the dream , and the interpretation thereof , ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour : therefore shew me the dream , and the interpretation thereof . * They answered again and said , Let the king tell his servants the dream , and we will shew the interpretation of it . * The king answered and said , I know of certainty that ye would gain the time , because ye see the thing is gone from me . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * For this cause the king was angry and very furious , and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon . * And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain ; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain .

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