Daniel 5:24
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:
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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Therefore He sent the hand that wrote the inscription.
- KJV
- Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
- WEB
- Then the part of the hand was sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.
- ASV
- Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.
- DARBY
- then from before him was sent the part of the hand, and this writing hath been written.
- BLB
- Then from before Him were sent the fingers of the hand, and this inscription was written.
- ÅB
- Derfor ble nå denne hånd sendt fra ham, og denne skrift skrevet.
- OTB
- Derfor sendte Han hånden som skrev denne skriften.
- B1930
- Derfor blev nu denne hånd sendt fra ham, og denne skrift skrevet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Daniel 5:5
In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
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