New American Standard Bible 2020

Daniel 5:25-30

25“Now thisH1836 is the inscriptionH3792 that was writtenH7560: ‘1MenēH4484, 2MenēH4484, 3TekēlH8625, 4UpharsinH6537.’ 26ThisH1836 is the interpretationH6591 of the 5messageH4406: ‘MenēH4484’--GodH426 has numberedH4483 your kingdomH4437 and 6putH8000 anH8000 endH8000 toH8000 it. 27‘TekēlH8625’--you have been 7weighedH8625 on the scalesH3977 and foundH7912 deficientH2627. 28‘8PerēsH6537’--your kingdomH4437 has beenH6537 dividedH6537 and givenH3052 to the 9MedesH4076 and 10PersiansH6540.”

29ThenH116 BelshazzarH1113 gaveH560 ordersH560, and they 11clothedH3848 DanielH1841 with purpleH711 and put a necklaceH2002 of goldH1722 aroundH5922 his neckH6676, and issuedH3745 aH3745 proclamationH3745 concerningH5922 him that he now hadH1934 authorityH7990 as the thirdH8531 ruler in the kingdomH4437.

30That same nightH3916 12BelshazzarH1113 the ChaldeanH3779 kingH4430 was 13killedH6992.

Notes

1. Daniel 5:25 Or a mina (50 shekels) from verb “to count” ↩
2. Daniel 5:25 Or a mina (50 shekels) from verb “to count” ↩
3. Daniel 5:25 Or a shekel from verb “to weigh” ↩
4. Daniel 5:25 Or and half-shekels (singular: 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 Or half-shekel from verb “to divide” ↩
9. Daniel 5:28 Is 13:17; 21:2; 45:1, 2; Dan 5:31; 6:8, 28; Acts 2:9 ↩
10. Daniel 5:28 Aram: Pāras ↩
11. Daniel 5:29 Dan 5:7, 16 ↩
12. Daniel 5:30 Dan 5:1, 2 ↩
13. Daniel 5:30 Is 21:4-9; 47:9; Jer 51:11, 31, 39, 57 ↩