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The king responded,[a] “I’m convinced that you’re stalling for time because you’re aware of what I’ve commanded. So if you don’t disclose the dream to me, there will be only one sentence for all of you. You have conspired together to present lies and corrupt interpretations until the situation changes. Now tell me the dream and I’ll know that you can reveal its true[b] meaning.”

10 The Chaldeans answered the king directly, “There’s not a single man on earth who can do[c] what the king has commanded. No king, lord, or ruler has ever asked such a thing from any diviner, enchanter,[d] or Chaldean.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 2:8 Lit. responded and said
  2. Daniel 2:9 The Aram. lacks true
  3. Daniel 2:10 Lit. reveal
  4. Daniel 2:10 Or occult practitioner

Then the king answered, “I am certain that you are trying to gain time, because you realize that this is what I have firmly decided: If you do not tell me the dream, there is only one penalty(A) for you. You have conspired to tell me misleading and wicked things, hoping the situation will change. So then, tell me the dream, and I will know that you can interpret it for me.”(B)

10 The astrologers(C) answered the king, “There is no one on earth who can do what the king asks! No king, however great and mighty, has ever asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or astrologer.(D)

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