I was amazed when I looked and saw that there was no one to help me. But my anger made me strong, and I won the victory myself.

The advisers replied, "There is no one on the face of the earth who can tell Your Majesty what you want to know. No king, not even the greatest and most powerful, has ever made such a demand of his fortunetellers, magicians, and wizards.

What Your Majesty is asking for is so difficult that no one can do it for you except the gods, and they do not live among human beings."

Then all the fortunetellers, magicians, wizards, and astrologers were brought in, and I told them my dream, but they could not explain it to me.

Then Daniel came in. (He is also called Belteshazzar, after the name of my god.) The spirit of the holy gods is in him, so I told him what I had dreamed. I said to him:

The royal advisers came forward, but none of them could read the writing or tell the king what it meant.