⁶ But I will give you many wonderful gifts and honors if you tell me what the dream was and what it means. So, begin!”

⁷ They said again, “How can we tell you what the dream means unless you tell us what it was?”

^8-9 The king retorted, “I can see your trick! You’re trying to stall for time until the calamity befalls me that the dream foretells. But if you don’t tell me the dream, you certainly can’t expect me to believe your interpretation!”