²⁶ The king asked Daniel (also called Belteshazzar),^(A) “Are you able to tell me what I saw in my dream and interpret it?”

⁷ The chief official gave them new names: to Daniel, the name Belteshazzar;^(A) to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.^(B)

¹⁶ Now I have heard that you are able to give interpretations and to solve difficult problems.^(A) If you can read this writing and tell me what it means, you will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around your neck,^(B) and you will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”^(C)

¹² He did this because Daniel, whom the king called Belteshazzar,^(A) was found to have a keen mind and knowledge and understanding, and also the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles^(B) and solve difficult problems.^(C) Call for Daniel, and he will tell you what the writing means.^(D)”

³ he said to them, “I have had a dream that troubles^(A) me and I want to know what it means.^[a]”

⁴ Then the astrologers answered the king,^[b](B) “May the king live forever!^(C) Tell your servants the dream, and we will interpret it.”

⁵ The king replied to the astrologers, “This is what I have firmly decided:^(D) If you do not tell me what my dream was and interpret it, I will have you cut into pieces^(E) and your houses turned into piles of rubble.^{(F) 6} But if you tell me the dream and explain it, you will receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor.^(G) So tell me the dream and interpret it for me.”

⁷ Once more they replied, “Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will interpret it.”

³³ Saul replied,^(A) “You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”

¹⁵ Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it.^(A) But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”^(B)