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Daniel 5:27

American Standard Version

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

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Daniel 5:27 in other translations

TEKEL: you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.

Daniel 5:27 · World English Bible

Daniel 5:27 in context

  1. 25And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
  2. 26This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and brought it to an end.
  3. 27TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
  4. 28PERES; thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
  5. 29Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.