New Living Translation
Daniel 5:25
25“This is the message that was written: Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Parsin.
Daniel 5:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
- New International Version (NIV)“This is the inscription that was written: mene, mene, tekel, parsin
- English Standard Version (ESV)And this is the writing that was inscribed: Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Parsin.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“And this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
Context of Daniel 5:25
23For you have proudly defied the Lord of heaven and have had these cups from his Temple brought before you. You and your nobles and your wives and concubines have been drinking wine from them while praising gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone—gods that neither see nor hear nor know anything at all. But you have not honored the God who gives you the breath of life and controls your destiny! 24So God has sent this hand to write this message. “This is the message that was written: Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Parsin. 26This is what these words mean: Mene means ‘numbered’—God has numbered the days of your reign and has brought it to an end. 27Tekel means ‘weighed’—you have been weighed on the balances and have not measured up.
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וּדְנָ֥ה כְתָבָ֖א דִּ֣י רְשִׁ֑ים מְנֵ֥א מְנֵ֖א תְּקֵ֥ל וּפַרְסִֽין׃Read the interlinear
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Commentaries on Daniel 5:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25And this is the writing - Had the words been written in the Chaldean character, every wise man there, every one that could read the alphabet of his own language, could have read and interpreted them. Let it be observed, - That the character which we now call Hebrew is the Chaldean character. That the true Hebrew character is that which we call the Samaritan. Daniel could easily read this, for it was the character used by the Jews previously to the…Read the comment
- 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. 25-28MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN: These Aramaic units of measure are used on a balance to weigh goods being bought and sold. Belshazzar knew the words, but Daniel explained their meaning in this context. The God of Israel measures kings and kingdoms using the balances of justice and righteousness (compare Daniel 4:27).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin--literally, "numbered, weighed, and dividers."Read the comment
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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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