Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
‘TEKĒL’—you have been
King James Version
TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
TEKEL: You've been weighed on the scales and you don't measure up.
A Conservative Version
TEKEL, thou are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.
American Standard Version
TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
Amplified
‘tekel’—you have been weighed on the scales [of righteousness] and found deficient;
Bible in Basic English
Tekel; you have been put in the scales and seen to be under weight.
Darby Translation
TEKEL, Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting;
Julia Smith Translation
Tekel; Thou shalt be weighed in the balances and be found wanting.
King James 2000
TEKEL; you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.
Lexham Expanded Bible
" 'Tekel'--you have been weighed on scales and you have been found wanting.
Modern King James verseion
A SHEKEL, You are weighed in the balances and found wanting.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Tekel, thou art weighed in the balance, and art found wanting:
NET Bible
As for teqel -- you are weighed on the balances and found to be lacking.
New Heart English Bible
TEKEL; you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.
The Emphasized Bible
T'kel, - thou art weighed in the balances, and found wanting;
Webster
TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
World English Bible
TEKEL; you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.
Youngs Literal Translation
Weighed -- Thou art weighed in the balances, and hast been found lacking.
Themes
Glory » The reward for not glorifying God
Government » God setting up and removing kings
Heathen » Divine revelations given to » Belshazzar
Pride/arrogance » The reward for pride
Symbols and similitudes » Handwriting on the wall
Walls » Miracles connected with » Handwriting on the wall of belshazzar's palace
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Daniel 5:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Daniel Deciphers And Interprets The Writing
26
This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God has audited thy kingdom and finished it.
27 ‘TEKĒL’—you have been
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 62:9
Surely the sons of Adam are vanity, and the sons of nobles are a lie; to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
Job 31:6
let me be weighed in a just balance, that God may know my integrity.
Jeremiah 6:30
Reprobate silver shall men call them because the LORD has rejected them.
Ezekiel 22:18-20
Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross; they are all brass and tin and iron and lead in the midst of the furnace; they are become the dross of silver.
Matthew 22:11-12
And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who did not have on a wedding garment,
1 Corinthians 3:13
the work of each one shall be made manifest, for the day shall declare it because it shall be revealed by fire; the work of each one, whatever sort it is, the fire shall put it to test.