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The king answered the Chalde '
ans , "
The word from me is sure :
if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation ,
you shall be torn limb from limb ,
and your houses shall be laid in ruins .
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But if you show the dream and its interpretation ,
you shall receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor .
Therefore show me the dream and its interpretation ."
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They answered a second time , "
Let the king tell his servants the dream ,
and we will show its interpretation ."
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The king answered , "
I know with certainty that you are trying to gain time ,
because you see that the word from me is sure
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that if you do not make the dream known to me ,
there is but one sentence for you .
You have agreed to speak lying and corrupt words before me till the times change .
Therefore tell me the dream ,
and I shall know that you can show me its interpretation ."
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The Chalde '
ans answered the king , "
There is not a man on earth who can meet the king '
s demand ;
for no great and powerful king has asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or Chalde '
an .
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The thing that the king asks is difficult ,
and none can show it to the king except the gods ,
whose dwelling is not with flesh ."
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Because of this the king was angry and very furious ,
and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed .
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So the decree went forth that the wise men were to be slain ,
and they sought Daniel and his companions ,
to slay them .