9. to give all of you the same punishment if you don't tell me the dream. You have agreed among yourselves to go on telling me lies because you hope that in time things will change. Tell me what the dream was, and then I will know that you can also tell me what it means.”
10. The advisers replied, “There is no one on the face of the earth who can tell Your Majesty what you want to know. No king, not even the greatest and most powerful, has ever made such a demand of his fortune tellers, magicians, and wizards.
11. What Your Majesty is asking for is so difficult that no one can do it for you except the gods, and they do not live among human beings.”
12. At that, the king flew into a rage and ordered the execution of all the royal advisers in Babylon.
13. So the order was issued for all of them to be killed, including Daniel and his friends.
14. Then Daniel went to Arioch, commander of the king's bodyguard, who had been ordered to carry out the execution. Choosing his words carefully,
15. he asked Arioch why the king had issued such a harsh order. So Arioch told Daniel what had happened.
16. Daniel went at once and obtained royal permission for more time, so that he could tell the king what the dream meant.