Daniel 5:25

25 “This is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN

Daniel 5:25 in Other Translations

25 And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

25 And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, and PARSIN.

25 “This is the message that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, and PARSIN .

25 and this is what is written: mene, teqel, and peres.

25 And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

25 This is what has been written: Numbered, Numbered, Weighed, and Divided.

25 "This is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN

25 "Here is what was written. MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN

Daniel 5:25 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 5:25

And this is the writing that was written
They are such and such letters, and so to be read, as follows: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN;
which are Chaldee words, and may be literally rendered, "he hath numbered, he hath numbered"; that is, God hath certainly, perfectly, and exactly numbered; "he hath weighed", God hath weighed thee, Belshazzar; "and they divide the kingdom"; that is, the Medes and Persians, as appears from the following interpretation:

Daniel 5:25 In-Context

23 Instead, you have set yourself up against the Lord of heaven. You had the goblets from his temple brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life and all your ways.

24 Therefore he sent the hand that wrote the inscription.

25 “This is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN

26 “Here is what these words mean: Mene : God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.

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