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25 This is what was written down:

mene, mene, tekel, and parsin.[a]

26 “This is the meaning of the word mene: God has numbered[b] the days of your rule. It’s over! 27 tekel means that you’ve been weighed[c] on the scales, and you don’t measure up.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:25 Aram Upharsin
  2. Daniel 5:26 Aram menah, which is a wordplay with Mene
  3. Daniel 5:27 Aram teqal, which is a wordplay with Tekel

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