Daniel 2:7-9

Good News Translation

⁷ They answered the king again, “If Your Majesty will only tell us what the dream was, we will explain it.”

⁸ At that, the king exclaimed, “Just as I thought! You are trying to gain time, because you see that I have made up my mind 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.”