but if you tell the dream, and the meaning of it, you shall receive of me rewards, and gifts, and great honour: therefore, tell me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.
וְהֵ֨ן חֶלְמָ֤א וּפִשְׁרֵהּ֙ תְּֽהַחֲוֺ֔ן מַתְּנָ֤ן וּנְבִזְבָּה֙ וִיקָ֣ר שַׂגִּ֔יא תְּקַבְּל֖וּן מִן־קֳדָמָ֑י לָהֵ֕ן חֶלְמָ֥א וּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּ הַחֲוֺֽנִי׃
One Church Father comments on this verse
This demonstrates not only the arrogance and savagery of the king but also his profound irrationality. It is the height of foolishness to believe that the Chaldeans will gain understanding through threats of disaster or promises of rewards. Consequently, the Chaldeans responded to him:
Passages read together with this verse.
THEOSIS