7. They answered the second time and said, “Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.”
8. The king answered, “I know of a certainty that you are trying to gain time, because you see the thing has gone from me.
9. But if you don’t make known to me the dream, there is but one law for you; for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, until the situation changes. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can show me its interpretation.”
10. The Kasdians answered before the king, and said, “There is not a man on the earth who can show the king’s matter, because no king, lord, or ruler, has asked such a thing of any magician, or enchanter, or Chaldean.