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, and this writing was inscribed. 25“This is the writing that was inscribed: Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Parsin. This is the interpretation of the message: ‘Mene’ means that God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end. 27‘Tekel’ means that you have been weighed on the balance and found deficient. 28‘Peres’ means that your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”

Daniel 5:26 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thisדְּנָהdên · thisH1836
• the interpretationפְּשַׁרpeshar · interpretationH6591
• of the thingמִלָּהmillâh · wordH4406
• MENEמְנֵאmenê' · minaH4484
• Godאֱלָהּ'ĕlâhh · godH426
• hath numberedמְנָהmenâ' menâh · to reckon/appointH4483
• thy kingdomמַלְכוּmalkû · kingdomH4437
• and finishedשְׁלֵםshelam · be completeH8000

Cross-references for Daniel 5:26

• Daniel 9:2in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the books according to the word of the Lord to the prophet Jeremiah that the number of years for the desolation of Jerusalem would be seventy.
• Job 14:14When a person dies, will he come back to life? If so, I would wait all the days of my struggle until my relief comes.
• Isaiah 13:1A pronouncement concerning Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:
• Isaiah 14:1For the Lord will have compassion on Jacob and will choose Israel again. He will settle them on their own land. The resident alien will join them and be united with the house of Jacob.
• Isaiah 21:1A pronouncement concerning the desert by the sea: Like storms that pass over the Negev, it comes from the desert, from the land of terror.
• Isaiah 47:1“Go down and sit in the dust, Virgin Daughter Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, Daughter Chaldea! For you will no longer be called pampered and spoiled.
• Jeremiah 25:11This whole land will become a desolate ruin, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
• Jeremiah 27:7All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until the time for his own land comes, and then many nations and great kings will enslave him.
• Jeremiah 50:1This is the word the Lord spoke about Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, through the prophet Jeremiah:
• Jeremiah 51:1This is what the Lord says: I am about to rouse the spirit of a destroyer against Babylon and against the population of Leb-qamai.
• Acts 15:18known from long ago.

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