Daniel 5:26

Daniel 5:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
• New International Version (NIV)“Here is what these words mean: Mene : God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.
• English Standard Version (ESV)This is the interpretation of the matter: Mene, God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end;
• New King James Version (NKJV)This is the interpretation of each word. MENE: God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it;

Context of Daniel 5:26

24Therefore He sent the hand that wrote the inscription. 25Now this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN. And 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. 28PERES means that your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”

Daniel 5:26 word by word

דְּנָ֖ה פְּשַֽׁר־מִלְּתָ֑א מְנֵ֕א מְנָֽה־אֱלָהָ֥א מַלְכוּתָ֖ךְ וְהַשְׁלְמַֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

• thisדְּנָהdên · thisH1836
• is the interpretationפְּשַׁרpeshar · interpretationH6591
• of the messageמִלָּהmillâh · wordH4406
• MENEמְנֵאmenê' · minaH4484
• means that Godאֱלָהּ'ĕlâhh · godH426
• has numberedמְנָהmenâ' menâh · to reckon/appointH4483
• the days of your reignמַלְכוּmalkû · kingdomH4437
• and brought it to an endשְׁלֵםshelam · be completeH8000

Cross-references for Daniel 5:26

• Daniel 9:2in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.
• Job 14:14When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.
• Isaiah 13:1This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:
• Isaiah 14:1For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.
• Isaiah 21:1This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.
• Isaiah 47:1“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
• Jeremiah 25:11And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
• Jeremiah 27:7All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him.
• Jeremiah 50:1This is the word that the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans:
• Jeremiah 51:1This is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will stir up against Babylon and against the people of Leb-kamai the spirit of a destroyer.
• Acts 15:18that have been known for ages.’

Commentaries on Daniel 5:26

• 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. 26MENE means that God has numbered the days: In this context, it means that God had examined and evaluated Belshazzar’s reignRead the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. God hath fixed the number of years of thine empire, and that number is now complete.Read the comment

Topics related to Daniel 5:26

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

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Gift
• Light
• Loose
• Mene
• 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