²⁷ Daniel answered the king, saying: “The mystery about which the king inquired is such that neither wise men, astrologers, magicians, or sorcerers can disclose it to the king.

⁷ “These are the visions in my head while I was on my bed: I looked, and behold, there was a tree in the midst of the earth. Its height was enormous.

⁸ Then all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the inscription nor tell the king what it meant.