^{3 Ref} The king said to them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.

^{4 Ref} Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in the Syrian language, O king, live forever: tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.

^{5 Ref} The king answered the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if you don't make known to me the dream and the interpretation of it, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

^{6 Ref} But if you show the dream and the interpretation of it, you shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor: therefore show me the dream and the interpretation of it.

^{7 Ref} They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.