New American Standard Bible 1995
Daniel 5:24-29
24ThenH116 the 12handH3028 was sentH7972 from Him and thisH1836 inscriptionH3792 was writtenH7560 out.
25“Now thisH1836 is the inscriptionH3792 that was writtenH7560 out: ‘3MenēH4484, 4MenēH4484, 5TekēlH8625, 6UpharsinH6537.’ 26ThisH1836 is the interpretationH6591 of the 7messageH4406: ‘MenēH4484’--GodH426 has numberedH4483 your kingdomH4437 and 8putH8000 an endH8000 to it. 27‘TekēlH8625’--you have been 9weighedH8625 on the scalesH3977 and foundH7912 deficientH2627. 28‘PerēsH6537’--your kingdomH4437 has beenH6537 dividedH6537 and givenH3052 over to the 10MedesH4076 and 11PersiansH6540.”
29ThenH116 BelshazzarH1113 gaveH560 ordersH560, and they 12clothedH3848 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 13thirdH8531 ruler in the kingdomH4437.
Notes
- 1. Daniel 5:24 Lit palm of the hand ↩
- 2. Daniel 5:24 Dan 5:5 ↩
- 3. Daniel 5:25 Or a mina (50 shekels) from verb “to number” ↩
- 4. Daniel 5:25 Or a mina (50 shekels) from verb “to number” ↩
- 5. Daniel 5:25 Or a shekel from verb “to weigh” ↩
- 6. Daniel 5:25 Or and half-shekels (sing: perēs) from verb “to divide” ↩
- 7. Daniel 5:26 Lit word ↩
- 8. Daniel 5:26 Is 13:6, 17-19; Jer 50:41-43 ↩
- 9. Daniel 5:27 Job 31:6; Ps 62:9 ↩
- 10. Daniel 5:28 Is 13:17; 21:2; 45:1, 2; Dan 5:31; 6:8, 28; Acts 2:9 ↩
- 11. Daniel 5:28 Aram: Pāras ↩
- 12. Daniel 5:29 Dan 5:7, 16 ↩
- 13. Daniel 5:29 Or triumvir ↩
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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