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.
• New International Version (NIV)“Here is what these words mean: Mene : God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.
• 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;

Context of Daniel 5:26

24So God has sent this hand to write this message. 25“This is the message that was written: Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Parsin. This 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. 28Parsin means ‘divided’—your kingdom has been 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 9:2During the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, learned from reading the word of the Lord, as revealed to Jeremiah the prophet, that Jerusalem must lie desolate for seventy years.
• Job 14:14Can the dead live again? If so, this would give me hope through all my years of struggle, and I would eagerly await the release of death.
• Isaiah 13:1Isaiah son of Amoz received this message concerning the destruction of Babylon:
• Isaiah 14:1But the Lord will have mercy on the descendants of Jacob. He will choose Israel as his special people once again. He will bring them back to settle once again in their own land. And people from many different nations will come and join them there and unite with the people of Israel.
• Isaiah 21:1This message came to me concerning Babylon—the desert by the sea: Disaster is roaring down on you from the desert, like a whirlwind sweeping in from the Negev.
• Isaiah 47:1“Come down, virgin daughter of Babylon, and sit in the dust. For your days of sitting on a throne have ended. O daughter of Babylonia, never again will you be the lovely princess, tender and delicate.
• Jeremiah 25:11This entire land will become a desolate wasteland. Israel and her neighboring lands will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
• Jeremiah 27:7All the nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until his time is up. Then many nations and great kings will conquer and rule over Babylon.
• Jeremiah 50:1The Lord gave Jeremiah the prophet this message concerning Babylon and the land of the Babylonians.
• Jeremiah 51:1This is what the Lord says: “I will stir up a destroyer against Babylon and the people of Babylonia.
• Acts 15:18he who made these things known so 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