Before the king

24Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He went and said this to him: “Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon. Bring me in before the king, and I will show the interpretation to the king.”

25Then Arioch hurriedly brought Daniel before the king and said to him, “I have found a man from among the exiles of Judah who will make the interpretation known to the king.”

26The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to make known to me the dream that I saw, and its interpretation?”

27Daniel answered before the king and said, “The mystery that the king asks, no wise men, enchanters, magicians, or diviners are able to make known to the king.”

28But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head as you lay on your bed, were these:

29As for you, O king, your thoughts came up on your bed about what would happen after this, and he who reveals mysteries has made known to you what would happen.

30But as for me, this mystery has been revealed to me not because of wisdom that is in me more than in all the living, but in order that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.