Daniel 5:27 · KJV
“TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.”
— Daniel 5:27
This {is} the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Daniel 5 — Context
And this {is} the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
26This {is} the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
27TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
28PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
29Then 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.
Cross References
Job 31:6
Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. {Let...: Heb. Let him weigh me in balances of justice}
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. {it shall be: Gr. it is}
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. {altogether: or, alike}
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. {dross of silver: Heb. drosses, etc}
Jeremiah 6:30
Reprobate silver shall {men} call them, because the LORD hath rejected them. {Reprobate...: or, Refuse silver}
Matthew 22:11-12
And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
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