Daniel 5:27

Daniel 5:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
• New International Version (NIV)Tekel : You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Tekel, you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting;
• New King James Version (NKJV)TEKEL: You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting;

Context of Daniel 5:27

25These are the words: Mene, Mene, Tekel and Parsin. 26This is what the words mean: Mene means “counted”. It shows that God has counted the days of your kingdom. Now these days are finished. Your kingdom has come to an end. Tekel means “weighed”. It shows that God has weighed you. But the scales show that you are too light. 28Peres means “separate”. It shows that God has cut your kingdom into two separate parts. He has given it to the people from Media and Persia.’ 29When Belshazzar heard that, he caused his servants to put purple clothes on Daniel. They put a gold chain round his neck to show that he was an important person. The king told everyone that Daniel had become the third ruler in the kingdom.

Daniel 5:27 word by word

תְּקֵ֑ל תְּקִ֥ילְתָּה בְמֹֽאזַנְיָ֖א וְהִשְׁתְּכַ֥חַתְּ חַסִּֽיר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• TEKELתְּקֵלteqal · shekelH8625
• Thou art weighedתְּקַלteqal · to weighH8625
• in the balancesמֹאזֵנְיָאmô'zên · scaleH3977
• and art foundשְׁכַחshekach · to findH7912
• wantingחַסִּרchassîyr · lackingH2627

Cross-references for Daniel 5:27

• Job 31:6So he should judge me in a fair way. He should realize that I am not guilty.
• Psalms 62:9People are only as light as a breath! Whoever they are, they are not important. If you try to weigh them, all together, they weigh less than a breath of air.
• Jeremiah 6:30I, the Lord, cannot accept them, so they are like useless silver.’
• Ezekiel 22:18‘Son of man, Israel's people have become like dirt to me. They are like useless bits of metal that remain after silver is made pure in a hot oven.
• Matthew 22:11Then the king came into the room to see all the people. He saw one man who was not wearing the right clothes for a marriage.
• 1 Corinthians 3:13One day, God will show clearly how good each builder's work is. God will put each person's work into a fire on that great day. The fire will show whether their work is good or bad.

Commentaries on Daniel 5:27

• 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. 27TEKEL means that you have been weighed … and found deficient: Babylon's king would face destruction because he did not meet God's demand for righteousness and mercy (see Daniel 4:27; 5:22–24).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. weighed in the balances--The Egyptians thought that Osiris weighed the actions of the dead in a literal balance. The Babylonians may have had the same notion, which would give a peculiar appropriateness to the image here used. found wanting--too light before God, the weigher of actions (1Sa 2:3; Psa 62:9). Like spurious gold or silver (Jr 6:30).Read the comment

Topics related to Daniel 5:27

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

In the dictionaries

• Balance
• Gift
• Light
• Loose
• Tekel
• Aramaic; Aramaic Language
• Baruch, Book of
• Bible, the
• Daniel, Book of
• Languages of the Old Testament

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