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

24Therefore, the hand was sent from Him that wrote this inscription. 25“Now this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL UPARSIN. This is the interpretation of the inscription: MENE: God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end. 27TEKEL: You have been weighed in the balances and found wanting. 28PERES: 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 9:2in the first year of his reign—I, Daniel, understood from the books that according to the word of Adonai to Jeremiah the prophet, the number of the years for the fulfilling of the desolation of Jerusalem would be 70 years.
• Job 14:14If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard labor I will wait until my relief comes.
• Isaiah 13:1The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw:
• Isaiah 14:1For Adonai will have compassion on Jacob and will again choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The outsider will join himself with them and will cling to the house of Jacob.
• Isaiah 21:1The burden of the desert by the sea: As windstorms sweep over the South, so it comes from the desert, a terrifying land.
• Isaiah 47:1Come down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no more be called tender and delicate.
• Jeremiah 25:11“So this whole land will be a desolate ruin, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for 70 years.
• Jeremiah 27:7All the nations will serve him—and his son, and his grandson—until the time of his own land comes, and then many nations and great kings will make him their slave.’
• Jeremiah 50:1The word that Adonai spoke about Babylon, about the land of the Chaldeans, through Jeremiah the prophet:
• Jeremiah 51:1Thus says Adonai: “Look! Stirring up against Babylon and those living in Leb-kamai, a spirit of destruction.
• Acts 15:18known from of old.’

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