7 The king cried ⌊aloud⌋o to bring in the conjurers,p the ⌊astrologers⌋q and the diviners; the king ⌊spoke⌋r and said to the wise men of Babylon, “Any man that can read this writing and can tell me its explanation will be clothed in purple and will have a necklace of gold hung around his neck and he will rule as third in authority in the kingdom.” 8 Then all the wise men of the king came in, but they were not able to read the writing or to make known its explanation.s