'Asking' in the Bible

What the king is asking is so difficult that no one can make it known to him except the gods, whose dwelling is not with mortals.”

Daniel hath answered before the king and said, 'The secret that the king is asking, the wise men, the enchanters, the scribes, the soothsayers, are not able to shew to the king;

Then those officials who had gone to the king came by collusion and found Daniel praying and asking for help before his God.

I approached one of those who were standing by and began asking him the exact meaning of all this. So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of these things: