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Daniel 5:26–28

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26This is the interpretation of the matter: Mene, God has numbered7 the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end; 27Tekel, jyou have been weighed8 in the balances and found wanting; 28Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to kthe Medes and lPersians.”9

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Footnotes

  1. 7Mene sounds like the Aramaic for numbered
  2. 8Tekel sounds like the Aramaic for weighed
  3. 9Peres (the singular of Parsin) sounds like the Aramaic for divided and for Persia

Cross references

  1. jJob 31:6; Ps. 62:9
  2. kver. 31; [ch. 9:1; Isa. 13:17; 21:2; Jer. 51:28]
  3. lSee ch. 6:28

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Here is what these words mean:

Mene: God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.

Tekel: You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.

Peres: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

This is the interpretation of the message:

‘Mene’ means that God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end.

‘Tekel’ means that you have been weighed on the balance and found deficient.

‘Peres’ means that your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”

NLTNew Living Translation

This is what these words mean:

Mene means ‘numbered’—God has numbered the days of your reign and has brought it to an end.

Tekel means ‘weighed’—you have been weighed on the balances and have not measured up.

Parsin means ‘divided’—your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“This is the explanation of the matter: ‘Mene’—God has numbered your kingdom and brought an end to it.

“ ‘Tekel’—you have been weighed on scales and you have been found wanting.

“ ‘Peres’—your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.’ ”

KJV 1900King James Version

This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.