Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers ... , show unto the king. Daniel, being learned in all the lore of the Chaldeans (Daniel 1:4), could authoritatively declare the impossibility of mere man solving the king's difficulty.
Soothsayers, х gaazªriyn (H1505)] - from a root 'to cut off' х gaazar (H1504)]: referring to their cutting the heavens into divisions, and so guessing at men's destinies from the place of the stars at one's birth: or in general, those who by any means of divination cut off - i:e., decide or determine one's destiny.