Daniel 5:22-31
New American Standard Bible
22 Yet you, his [a]son, Belshazzar, have (A)not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this, 23 but you have (B)risen up against the (C)Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your nobles, your wives, and your concubines have been drinking wine out of them; and you have praised the (D)gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see, nor hear, nor understand. But the God (E)in whose hand are your life-breath and all your (F)ways, you have not glorified. 24 Then the [b](G)hand was sent from Him and this inscription was written out.
25 “Now this is the inscription that was written:
26 This is the interpretation of the [g]message: ‘Menē’—God has numbered your kingdom and (H)put an end to it. 27 ‘Tekēl’—you have been (I)weighed on the scales and found deficient. 28 ‘[h]Perēs’—your kingdom has been divided and given to the (J)Medes and [i]Persians.”
29 Then Belshazzar gave orders, and they (K)clothed Daniel with purple and put a necklace of gold around his neck, and issued a proclamation concerning him that he now had authority as the third ruler in the kingdom.
30 That same night (L)Belshazzar the Chaldean king was (M)killed. 31 [j]So (N)Darius the Mede received the kingdom at about the age of sixty-two.
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- Daniel 5:22 Or descendant
- Daniel 5:24 Lit palm of the hand
- 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 5:31 Ch 6:1 in Aram
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