25 “Now this is the inscription that was written out: ‘[a]MENĒ, [b]MENĒ, [c]TEKĒL, [d]UPHARSIN.’ 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 ‘PERĒS’—your kingdom has been divided and given over to the (C)Medes and [f]Persians.”

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:25 Or a mina (50 shekels) from verb “to number”
  2. Daniel 5:25 Or a mina (50 shekels) from verb “to number”
  3. Daniel 5:25 Or a shekel from verb “to weigh”
  4. Daniel 5:25 Or and half-shekels (sing: peres) from verb “to divide”
  5. Daniel 5:26 Lit word
  6. Daniel 5:28 Aram: Pāras