Daniel 5
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Daniel 5:22-31

22Yet you, his 1sonH1247, BelshazzarH1113, have 2not humbledH8214 your heartH3825, 3evenH1768 thoughH6903 you knewH3046 allH3606 thisH1836, 23but you have 4exaltedH7313 yourself againstH5922 the 5LordH4756 of heavenH8065; and they have broughtH858 the vesselsH3984 of His houseH1005 beforeH6925 you, and you and your noblesH7261, your wivesH7695 and your concubinesH3904 have been drinkingH8355 wineH2562 from them; and you have praisedH7624 the 6godsH426 of silverH3702 and goldH1722, of bronzeH5174, ironH6523, woodH636 and stoneH69, whichH1768 do not seeH7200, hearH8086 or understandH3046. But the GodH426 7in whoseH1768 handH3028 are your life-breathH5396 and all your 8waysH735, you have not glorifiedH1922. 24ThenH116 the 910handH3028 was sentH7972 from Him and thisH1836 inscriptionH3792 was writtenH7560 out.

25“Now thisH1836 is the inscriptionH3792 that was writtenH7560 out: ‘11MenēH4484, 12MenēH4484, 13TekēlH8625, 14UpharsinH6537.’ 26ThisH1836 is the interpretationH6591 of the 15messageH4406: ‘MenēH4484’--GodH426 has numberedH4483 your kingdomH4437 and 16putH8000 an endH8000 to it. 27‘TekēlH8625’--you have been 17weighedH8625 on the scalesH3977 and foundH7912 deficientH2627. 28‘PerēsH6537’--your kingdomH4437 has beenH6537 dividedH6537 and givenH3052 over to the 18MedesH4076 and 19PersiansH6540.”

29ThenH116 BelshazzarH1113 gaveH560 ordersH560, and they 20clothedH3848 DanielH1841 with purpleH711 and put a necklaceH2002 of goldH1722 aroundH5922 his neckH6676, and issuedH3745 a proclamationH3745 concerningH5922 him that he now hadH1934 authorityH7990 as the 21thirdH8531 ruler in the kingdomH4437.

30That same nightH3916 22BelshazzarH1113 the ChaldeanH3779 kingH4430 was 23slainH6992. 3124So 25DariusH1868 the MedeH4077 receivedH6902 the kingdomH4437 at about the ageH1247H8140 of sixty-twoH8361H8648.

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Notes

  1. 1. Daniel 5:22 Or descendant ↩
  2. 2. Daniel 5:22 Ex 10:3; 2 Chr 33:23; 36:12 ↩
  3. 3. Daniel 5:22 Lit inasmuch as you ↩
  4. 4. Daniel 5:23 2 Kin 14:10; Is 2:12; 37:23; Jer 50:29; Dan 5:3, 4 ↩
  5. 5. Daniel 5:23 Dan 4:37 ↩
  6. 6. Daniel 5:23 Ps 115:4-8; Is 37:19; Hab 2:18, 19 ↩
  7. 7. Daniel 5:23 Job 12:10 ↩
  8. 8. Daniel 5:23 Job 31:4; Ps 139:3; Prov 20:24; Jer 10:23 ↩
  9. 9. Daniel 5:24 Lit palm of the hand ↩
  10. 10. Daniel 5:24 Dan 5:5 ↩
  11. 11. Daniel 5:25 Or a mina (50 shekels) from verb “to number” ↩
  12. 12. Daniel 5:25 Or a mina (50 shekels) from verb “to number” ↩
  13. 13. Daniel 5:25 Or a shekel from verb “to weigh” ↩
  14. 14. Daniel 5:25 Or and half-shekels (sing: perēs) from verb “to divide” ↩
  15. 15. Daniel 5:26 Lit word ↩
  16. 16. Daniel 5:26 Is 13:6, 17-19; Jer 50:41-43 ↩
  17. 17. Daniel 5:27 Job 31:6; Ps 62:9 ↩
  18. 18. Daniel 5:28 Is 13:17; 21:2; 45:1, 2; Dan 5:31; 6:8, 28; Acts 2:9 ↩
  19. 19. Daniel 5:28 Aram: Pāras ↩
  20. 20. Daniel 5:29 Dan 5:7, 16 ↩
  21. 21. Daniel 5:29 Or triumvir ↩
  22. 22. Daniel 5:30 Dan 5:1, 2 ↩
  23. 23. Daniel 5:30 Is 21:4-9; 47:9; Jer 51:11, 31, 39, 57 ↩
  24. 24. Daniel 5:31 Ch 6:1 in Aram ↩
  25. 25. Daniel 5:31 Dan 6:1; 9:1 ↩

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