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Daniel 5:27–28
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8 | Tekel sounds like the Aramaic for weighed |
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9 | Peres (the singular of Parsin) sounds like the Aramaic for divided and for Persia |
Daniel 5:27–28 — The New International Version (NIV)
27 Tekel: You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.
28 Peres: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
Daniel 5:27–28 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
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.
Daniel 5:27–28 — New Living Translation (NLT)
27 Tekel means ‘weighed’—you have been weighed on the balances and have not measured up.
28 Parsin means ‘divided’—your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
Daniel 5:27–28 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
27 Tekel: You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting; 28 Peres: Your kingdom has been divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.”
Daniel 5:27–28 — New Century Version (NCV)
27 Tekel: You have been weighed on the scales and found not good enough. 28 Parsin: Your kingdom is being divided and will be given to the Medes and the Persians.”
Daniel 5:27–28 — American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Daniel 5:27–28 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
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.
Daniel 5:27–28 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
27 Weighed—you have been weighed on a scale and found to be too light. 28 Divided—your kingdom will be divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
Daniel 5:27–28 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
27 TEKEL means that you have been weighed in the balance and found deficient.
28 PERES means that your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
Daniel 5:27–28 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
27 Tekel, you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting; 28 Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
Daniel 5:27–28 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
27 “ ‘Tekel’—you have been weighed on scales and you have been found wanting.
28 “ ‘Peres’—your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.’ ”
Daniel 5:27–28 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
27 Tekel means that you have been weighed on scales. And you haven’t measured up to God’s standard.
28 Peres means that your authority over your kingdom will be taken away from you. It will be given to the Medes and Persians.”
Daniel 5:27–28 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
27 “ ‘TEKĒL’—you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.
28 “ ‘PERĒS’—your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”
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