KJV King James Version
And this [is] the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
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Daniel 5:25
And this [is] the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN.
WEB World English Bible
This is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
ASV American Standard Version
And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and this is the writing that is noted down: Numbered, Numbered, Weighed, and Divided.
Surrounding context — Daniel 5
22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath [is], and whose [are] all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
24 Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
25 And this [is] the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
26 This [is] the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
27 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
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