And it happened in the morning, his spirit was troubled. And he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all its wise men. And Pharaoh told them his dream, and there was no interpreter of them to Pharaoh.
But these two things shall suddenly come to you in one day: loss of children, and widowhood; according to completeness they come on you, for your many sorceries, for the multitude of your great spells.
Daniel answered before the king and said, The secret which the king has asked the wise men, the conjurers, the magicians, or those determining, not are able to interpret to the king.
And this is the dream I, king Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. And you, O Belteshazzar, speak to me its meaning. All accordingly all this the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known the meaning to me. But you are able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.
Then the magicians, the conjurers, the Chaldeans, and those determining came in. And I told the dream before them, but they did not make its meaning known to me.
And now the wise men and the conjurers have been brought in before me, so that they might read this writing and interpret the meaning to me. But they were not able to interpret the meaning of the thing.