1And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep came upon him.2The king commanded to call the magicians and the enchanters and the sorcerers and the Chaldeans to tell the king his dreams, and they came and stood before the king.3The king said to them, "I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream."4The Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic: "O king, live forever; tell the dream to your servants, and we will declare its interpretation."5The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, "The matter is determined from me: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces and your houses shall be made a refuse heap."6But if you declare the dream and its interpretation, you shall receive gifts and a reward and great honor from me; therefore tell me the dream and its interpretation.7They answered a second time and said, "Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will declare its interpretation."8The king answered and said, "I know for certain that you are buying time, because you see that the matter is determined from me."9If you do not make known the dream to me, there is one decree for you: you have agreed to speak a lying and corrupt word before me until the time changes; therefore tell me the dream, so that I may know that you can declare its interpretation to me.10The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, "There is no man on earth who is able to declare the king's matter, for no great king or ruler has ever asked such a thing of any magician, enchanter, or Chaldean."11The matter that the king asks is difficult, and there is no one who can declare it before the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.12Because of this the king became angry and was greatly furious, and he commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.13And the decree went out, and the wise men were being killed, and they sought to kill Daniel and his companions.14Then Daniel responded with counsel and discretion to Arioch, the captain of the king's guard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon.15He answered and said to Arioch, the officer of the king, "Why is the decree so hasty from the king?" Then Arioch made the matter known to Daniel.16And Daniel went in and requested from the king that time be given to him so that he might declare the interpretation to the king.17Then Daniel went to his house and made the matter known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions.18And they sought mercies from before the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his companions might not be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.19Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night; then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.20Daniel answered and said, "Blessed be the name of God from eternity to eternity, for wisdom and might belong to him."21He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.22He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what is in darkness, and light dwells with him.23To you, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, because you have given me wisdom and might, and now you have made known to me what we sought from you, for you have made known to us the matter of the king.