New American Standard Bible 1995
Daniel 5:26
26This is the interpretation of the 1message: ‘Menē’--God has numbered your kingdom and 2put an end to it.
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
24Then the hand was sent from Him and this inscription was written out. 25“Now this is the inscription that was written out: ‘Menē, Menē, Tekēl, Upharsin.’ This is the interpretation of the message: ‘Menē’--God has numbered your kingdom and put an end to it. 27‘Tekēl’--you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient. 28‘Perēs’--your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”
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דְּנָ֖ה פְּשַֽׁר־מִלְּתָ֑א מְנֵ֕א מְנָֽה־אֱלָהָ֥א מַלְכוּתָ֖ךְ וְהַשְׁלְמַֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Daniel 5:26
- Daniel 9:2in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, observed in the books the number of the years which was revealed as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet for the completion of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years.
- Job 14:14If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my struggle I will wait Until my change comes.
- Isaiah 13:1The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
- Isaiah 14:1When the Lord will have compassion on Jacob and again choose Israel, and settle them in their own land, then strangers will join them and attach themselves to the house of Jacob.
- Isaiah 21:1The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea. As windstorms in the Negev sweep on, It comes from the wilderness, from a terrifying land.
- Isaiah 47:1“Come 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 shall no longer be called tender and delicate.
- Jeremiah 25:11This whole land will be a desolation and a horror, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
- Jeremiah 27:7All the nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will make him their servant.
- Jeremiah 50:1The word which the Lord spoke concerning Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, through Jeremiah the prophet:
- Jeremiah 51:1Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I am going to arouse against Babylon And against the inhabitants of Leb-kamai The spirit of a destroyer.
- Acts 15:18Says the Lord, who makes these things known 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
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Notes
- 1. Daniel 5:26 Lit word ↩
- 2. Daniel 5:26 Is 13:6, 17-19; Jer 50:41-43 ↩
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
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