KJV ORIGINAL
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
The king shot back at the wise men, 'Look, I've completely forgotten the dream. If you can't tell me what I dreamed AND what it means, you're all getting executed and your houses are getting demolished.'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
When you're the king, 'I forgot' becomes everyone else's life-or-death problem.
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