New American Standard Bible 1995
Daniel 5:25-31
25“Now thisH1836 is the inscriptionH3792 that was writtenH7560 out: ‘1MenēH4484, 2MenēH4484, 3TekēlH8625, 4UpharsinH6537.’ 26ThisH1836 is the interpretationH6591 of the 5messageH4406: ‘MenēH4484’--GodH426 has numberedH4483 your kingdomH4437 and 6putH8000 an endH8000 to it. 27‘TekēlH8625’--you have been 7weighedH8625 on the scalesH3977 and foundH7912 deficientH2627. 28‘PerēsH6537’--your kingdomH4437 has beenH6537 dividedH6537 and givenH3052 over to the 8MedesH4076 and 9PersiansH6540.”
29ThenH116 BelshazzarH1113 gaveH560 ordersH560, and they 10clothedH3848 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 11thirdH8531 ruler in the kingdomH4437.
30That same nightH3916 12BelshazzarH1113 the ChaldeanH3779 kingH4430 was 13slainH6992. 3114So 15DariusH1868 the MedeH4077 receivedH6902 the kingdomH4437 at about the ageH1247H8140 of sixty-twoH8361H8648.
Notes
- 1. Daniel 5:25 Or a mina (50 shekels) from verb “to number” ↩
- 2. Daniel 5:25 Or a mina (50 shekels) from verb “to number” ↩
- 3. Daniel 5:25 Or a shekel from verb “to weigh” ↩
- 4. Daniel 5:25 Or and half-shekels (sing: perēs) from verb “to divide” ↩
- 5. Daniel 5:26 Lit word ↩
- 6. Daniel 5:26 Is 13:6, 17-19; Jer 50:41-43 ↩
- 7. Daniel 5:27 Job 31:6; Ps 62:9 ↩
- 8. Daniel 5:28 Is 13:17; 21:2; 45:1, 2; Dan 5:31; 6:8, 28; Acts 2:9 ↩
- 9. Daniel 5:28 Aram: Pāras ↩
- 10. Daniel 5:29 Dan 5:7, 16 ↩
- 11. Daniel 5:29 Or triumvir ↩
- 12. Daniel 5:30 Dan 5:1, 2 ↩
- 13. Daniel 5:30 Is 21:4-9; 47:9; Jer 51:11, 31, 39, 57 ↩
- 14. Daniel 5:31 Ch 6:1 in Aram ↩
- 15. Daniel 5:31 Dan 6:1; 9:1 ↩
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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