Daniel 2:7-9

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁷ They answered a second time, ‘Let the king first tell his servants the dream, then we can give its interpretation.’ ⁸ The king answered, ‘I know with certainty that you are trying to gain time, because you see I have firmly decreed: ⁹ if you do not tell me the dream, there is but one verdict for you. You have agreed to speak lying and misleading words to me until things take a turn. Therefore, tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can give me its interpretation.’