Daniel 5:26

Daniel 5:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)This is the interpretation of the matter: Mene, God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end;
• New King James Version (NKJV)This is the interpretation of each word. MENE: God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it;
• New Living Translation (NLT)This is what these words mean: Mene means ‘numbered’—God has numbered the days of your reign and has brought it to an end.

Context of Daniel 5:26

24Therefore he sent the hand that wrote the inscription. 25“This is the inscription that was written: mene, mene, tekel, parsin “Here is what these words mean: Mene : God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end. 27Tekel : You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting. 28Peres : Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”

Daniel 5:26 word by word

דְּנָ֖ה פְּשַֽׁר־מִלְּתָ֑א מְנֵ֕א מְנָֽה־אֱלָהָ֥א מַלְכוּתָ֖ךְ וְהַשְׁלְמַֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thisדְּנָהdên · thisH1836
• the interpretationפְּשַׁרpeshar · interpretationH6591
• of the thingמִלָּהmillâh · wordH4406
• MENEמְנֵאmenê' · minaH4484
• Godאֱלָהּ'ĕlâhh · godH426
• hath numberedמְנָהmenâ' menâh · to reckon/appointH4483
• thy kingdomמַלְכוּmalkû · kingdomH4437
• and finishedשְׁלֵםshelam · be completeH8000

Cross-references for Daniel 5:26

• Daniel 9:2in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the Scriptures, according to the word of the Lord given to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.
• Job 14:14If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come.
• Isaiah 13:1A prophecy against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:
• Isaiah 14:1The Lord will have compassion on Jacob; once again he will choose Israel and will settle them in their own land. Foreigners will join them and unite with the descendants of Jacob.
• Isaiah 21:1A prophecy against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the southland, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.
• Isaiah 47:1“Go down, sit in the dust, Virgin Daughter Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, queen city of the Babylonians. No more will you be called tender or delicate.
• Jeremiah 25:11This whole country will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
• Jeremiah 27:7All nations will serve him and his son and his grandson until the time for his land comes; then many nations and great kings will subjugate him.
• Jeremiah 50:1This is the word the Lord spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Babylonians:
• Jeremiah 51:1This is what the Lord says: “See, I will stir up the spirit of a destroyer against Babylon and the people of Leb Kamai.
• Acts 15:18things known from long ago.

Commentaries on Daniel 5:26

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-31Verses 18-31 Daniel reads Belshazzar's doom. He had not taken warning by the judgments upon Nebuchadnezzar. And he had insulted God. Sinners are pleased with gods that neither see, nor hear, nor know; but they will be judged by One to whom all things are open. Daniel reads the sentence written on the wall. All this may well be applied to the doom of every sinner. At death, the sinner's days are numbered and finished; after death is the judgment, when he…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26MENE means that God has numbered the days: In this context, it means that God had examined and evaluated Belshazzar’s reignRead the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. God hath fixed the number of years of thine empire, and that number is now complete.Read the comment

Topics related to Daniel 5:26

• Babylon
• Belshazzar
• Government
• Heathen
• Mene
• Symbols and Similitudes
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Gift
• Light
• Loose
• Mene
• Aramaic; Aramaic Language
• Baruch, Book of
• Bible, the
• Daniel, Book of

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