Could Nebuchadnezzar's wise men tell him the secret of his dream?
No. The wise men, astrologers, magicians, and soothsayers could not show the king the secret of his dream. Scripture records that the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision by the sovereign God, not by human wisdom or happenstance.
Les explains that when Nebuchadnezzar demanded the dream and its interpretation, the wise men, astrologers, magicians, and soothsayers could not reveal it. Daniel told Ariok the decree was hasty, asked the king for time, and the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. Daniel then testified before the king that the secret could not be shown by those experts, but there is a God—the God Nebuchadnezzar knew nothing of—who reveals secrets. This was the sovereign God at work, not human happenstance.