Daniel 2:14-16

Young's Literal Translation

¹⁴ Then Daniel hath replied [with] counsel and discretion to Arioch chief of the executioners of the king, who hath gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon.

¹⁵ He hath answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, `Wherefore [is] the sentence so urgent from before the king?' Then Arioch hath made the thing known to Daniel,

¹⁶ and Daniel hath gone up, and sought of the king that he would give him time to shew the interpretation to the king.