Daniel 5:25
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.
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.
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
- Now this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN.
- KJV
- And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
- WEB
- “This is the writing that was inscribed: ‘MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.’
- ASV
- And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
- DARBY
- And this is the writing that is written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
- BLB
- And this [is] the inscription that was written: Mene, MENE, TEKEL, and PARSIN.
- ÅB
- Og dette er den skrift som er skrevet her: Mene, mene, tekel, ufarsin[^2].
- OTB
- Her er skriften som ble skrevet: Mene, Mene, Tekel, Parsin.
- B1930
- Og dette er den skrift som er skrevet her: Mene, mene, tekel, ufarsin. / < d.e. tellet, tellet, veid, og de deler.>