Daniel 5:25-28
New International Version - UK
25 ‘This is the inscription that was written:
mene, mene, tekel, parsin
26 ‘Here is what these words mean:
Mene[a]: God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.
27 Tekel[b]: You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.
28 Peres[c]: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.’
Footnotes
- Daniel 5:26 Mene can mean numbered or mina (a unit of money).
- Daniel 5:27 Tekel can mean weighed or shekel.
- Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) can mean divided or Persia or a half mina or a half shekel.
Daniel 5:25-28
New American Standard Bible
25 “Now this is the inscription that was written:
26 This is the interpretation of the [e]message: ‘Menē’—God has numbered your kingdom and (A)put an end to it. 27 ‘Tekēl’—you have been (B)weighed on the scales and found deficient. 28 ‘[f]Perēs’—your kingdom has been divided and given to the (C)Medes and [g]Persians.”
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- Daniel 5:25 Or a mina (50 shekels) from verb “to count”
- Daniel 5:25 Or a mina (50 shekels) from verb “to count”
- Daniel 5:25 Or a shekel from verb “to weigh”
- Daniel 5:25 Or and half-shekels (singular: perēs) from verb “to divide”
- Daniel 5:26 Lit word
- Daniel 5:28 Or half-shekel from verb “to divide”
- Daniel 5:28 Aram: Pāras
Daniel 5:25-28
English Standard Version
25 And this is the writing that was inscribed: Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Parsin. 26 This is the interpretation of the matter: Mene, God has numbered[a] the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end; 27 Tekel, (A)you have been weighed[b] in the balances and found wanting; 28 Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to (B)the Medes and (C)Persians.”[c]
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- Daniel 5:26 Mene sounds like the Aramaic for numbered
- Daniel 5:27 Tekel sounds like the Aramaic for weighed
- Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) sounds like the Aramaic for divided and for Persia
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