Daniel 5:25

Daniel 5:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
• New International Version (NIV)“This is the inscription that was written: mene, mene, tekel, parsin
• English Standard Version (ESV)And this is the writing that was inscribed: Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Parsin.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“And this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

Context of Daniel 5:25

23Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways. 24Therefore He sent the hand that wrote the inscription. Now this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN. 26And this is the interpretation of the message: MENE means that God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end. 27TEKEL means that you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.

Daniel 5:25 word by word

וּדְנָ֥ה כְתָבָ֖א דִּ֣י רְשִׁ֑ים מְנֵ֥א מְנֵ֖א תְּקֵ֥ל וּפַרְסִֽין׃Read the interlinear

• Now thisדְּנָהdên · thisH1836
• is the inscriptionכְּתָבkethâb · inscriptionH3792
• thatדִּיdîy · thatH1768
• was writtenרְשַׁםresham · to signH7560
• MENEמְנֵאmenê' · minaH4484
• TEKELתְּקֵלteqal · shekelH8625
• PARSINפְּרֵסperas · halfH6537

Commentaries on Daniel 5:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25And this is the writing - Had the words been written in the Chaldean character, every wise man there, every one that could read the alphabet of his own language, could have read and interpreted them. Let it be observed, - That the character which we now call Hebrew is the Chaldean character. That the true Hebrew character is that which we call the Samaritan. Daniel could easily read this, for it was the character used by the Jews previously to the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-31Verses 18-31 Daniel reads Belshazzar's doom. He had not taken warning by the judgments upon Nebuchadnezzar. And he had insulted God. Sinners are pleased with gods that neither see, nor hear, nor know; but they will be judged by One to whom all things are open. Daniel reads the sentence written on the wall. All this may well be applied to the doom of every sinner. At death, the sinner's days are numbered and finished; after death is the judgment, when he…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-28MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN: These Aramaic units of measure are used on a balance to weigh goods being bought and sold. Belshazzar knew the words, but Daniel explained their meaning in this context. The God of Israel measures kings and kingdoms using the balances of justice and righteousness (compare Daniel 4:27).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin--literally, "numbered, weighed, and dividers."Read the comment

Topics related to Daniel 5:25

• Babylon
• Belshazzar
• Government
• Heathen
• Mene
• Symbols and Similitudes
• Tekel
• Upharsin
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin
• Gift
• Light
• Loose
• Mene
• Upharsin
• Aramaic; Aramaic Language
• Baruch, Book of
• Bible, the
• Daniel, Book of

Commentaries on Daniel 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings