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Daniel 5:27

JudgmentIntegrity

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.

TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

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BSB
TEKEL means that you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.
KJV
TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
WEB
TEKEL: you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.
ASV
TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
DARBY
TEKEL, Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting;
BLB
Tekel—you have been weighed in the balances and found lacking!
ÅB
Tekel: Veid er du på vektskål og funnet for lett.
OTB
Tekel: Du er veid på vekten og funnet for lett.
B1930
Tekel: Veid er du på vektskål og funnet for lett.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Job 31:6

    Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.

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  • Psalms 62:9

    Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

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  • 1 Corinthians 3:13

    Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.

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  • Ezekiel 22:18–20

    Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.

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  • Matthew 22:11–12

    And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:

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  • Jeremiah 6:30

    Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.

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