Daniel 5
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Daniel 5:22-29

22But youH607 his sonH1247,1 O BelshazzarH1113, have notH3809 humbledH8214 your heartH3825, even thoughH6903H1768H3606 you knewH3046 allH3606 thisH1836. 23Instead, you have exaltedH7313 yourself againstH5922 the LordH4756 of heavenH8065. The vesselsH3984 fromH1768 His houseH1005 were broughtH858 to youH6925, and as youH607 drankH8355 wineH2562 from them with your noblesH7261, wivesH7695, and concubinesH3904, you praisedH7624 your godsH426 of silverH3702 and goldH1722, bronzeH5174 and ironH6523, woodH636 and stoneH69, whichH1768 cannotH3809 seeH2370 orH3809 hearH8086 orH3809 understandH3046. But you have failed toH3809 glorifyH1922 the GodH426 whoH1768 holds in His handH3028 your very breathH5396 and allH3606 your waysH735. 24ThereforeH116H4481H6925 He sentH7972H6447H1768 the handH3028 that wroteH7560 theH1836 inscriptionH3792.

25Now thisH1836 is the inscriptionH3792 thatH1768 was writtenH7560:

MENEH4484, MENEH4484, TEKELH8625, PARSINH6537.

26And thisH1836 is the interpretationH6591 of the messageH4406:

MENEH44842 means that GodH426 has numberedH4483 the days of your reignH4437 and brought it to an endH8000. 27TEKELH86253 means that you have been weighedH8625 on the scalesH3977 and foundH7912 deficientH2627. 28PERESH65374 means that your kingdomH4437 has been dividedH6537 and given overH3052 to the MedesH4076 and PersiansH6540.”

29ThenH116 BelshazzarH1113 gave the commandH560, and they clothedH3848 DanielH1841 in purpleH711, placed a goldH1722 chainH2002 aroundH5922 his neckH6676, and proclaimedH3745 himH5922H1768 the third highestH8531 rulerH7990 in the kingdomH4437.

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Notes

  1. 1. Daniel 5:22 Or descendant or successor or grandson ↩
  2. 2. Daniel 5:26 Mene sounds like the Aramaic for numbered. ↩
  3. 3. Daniel 5:27 Tekel sounds like the Aramaic for weighed. ↩
  4. 4. Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) sounds like the Aramaic for divided and for Persia. ↩

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