25 “And this is the inscription that was written:

[a]MENE, MENE, [b]TEKEL, [c]UPHARSIN.

26 This is the interpretation of each word. MENE: God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it; 27 TEKEL: (A)You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting;

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:25 Lit. a mina (50 shekels) from the verb “to number”
  2. Daniel 5:25 Lit. a shekel from the verb “to weigh”
  3. Daniel 5:25 Lit. and half-shekels from the verb “to divide”; pl. of Peres, v. 28

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