Dan 2:5-7 | ESV | STEP | The king answered and said to the Chaldeans , The word from me is firm : if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation , you shall be torn limb from limb , and your houses shall be laid in ruins .

a[See ver. 2 above]

Daniel 2:5-7

5 The king answered and said to ^athe Chaldeans, “The word from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be ^btorn limb from limb, ^cand your ^dhouses shall be laid in ruins. 6 But if you show the dream and its interpretation, ^eyou shall receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. ^fTherefore show me the dream and its interpretation.” 7 They answered a second time and said, “Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show its interpretation.”