6 So I commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be brought before me to interpret the dream for me. |
7 When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers1 4:7 Or Chaldeans and diviners came, I told them the dream, but they could not interpret it for me. |
8 Finally, Daniel came into my presence and I told him the dream. (He is called Belteshazzar, after the name of my god, and the spirit of the holy gods is in him.) |
9 I said, "Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no mystery is too difficult for you. Here is my dream; interpret it for me. |
10 These are the visions I saw while lying in my bed: I looked, and there before me stood a tree in the middle of the land. Its height was enormous. ... |
14 He called in a loud voice: 'Cut down the tree and trim off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the animals flee from under it and the birds from its branches. |
15 But let the stump and its roots, bound with iron and bronze, remain in the ground, in the grass of the field.
" 'Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let him live with the animals among the plants of the earth. |
16 Let his mind be changed from that of a man and let him be given the mind of an animal, till seven times3 4:16 Or years ; also in verses 23, 25 and 32 pass by for him. |