New American Standard Bible 2020

Daniel 5:24-28

24ThenH116 the 1 2handH3028 was sentH7972 from Him and thisH1836 inscriptionH3792 was writtenH7560 out.

25“Now thisH1836 is the inscriptionH3792 that was writtenH7560: ‘3MenēH4484, 4MenēH4484, 5TekēlH8625, 6UpharsinH6537.’ 26ThisH1836 is the interpretationH6591 of the 7messageH4406: ‘MenēH4484’--GodH426 has numberedH4483 your kingdomH4437 and 8putH8000 anH8000 endH8000 toH8000 it. 27‘TekēlH8625’--you have been 9weighedH8625 on the scalesH3977 and foundH7912 deficientH2627. 28‘10PerēsH6537’--your kingdomH4437 has beenH6537 dividedH6537 and givenH3052 to the 11MedesH4076 and 12PersiansH6540.”

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 count” ↩
4. Daniel 5:25 Or a mina (50 shekels) from verb “to count” ↩
5. Daniel 5:25 Or a shekel from verb “to weigh” ↩
6. Daniel 5:25 Or and half-shekels (singular: 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 Or half-shekel from verb “to divide” ↩
11. Daniel 5:28 Is 13:17; 21:2; 45:1, 2; Dan 5:31; 6:8, 28; Acts 2:9 ↩
12. Daniel 5:28 Aram: Pāras ↩