Daniel 2:7-9

Revised Standard Version

⁷ They answered a second time, “Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show its interpretation.” ⁸ The king answered, “I know with certainty that you are trying to gain time, because you see that the word from me is sure ⁹ 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.”