Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
A SHEKEL, You are weighed in the balances and found wanting.
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 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 meaning of the thing: A MINA, God has numbered your kingdom and finished it. 27 A SHEKEL, You are weighed in the balances and found wanting. 28 HALF-MINAS, Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 62:9
Surely the sons of men are vanity; the sons of men are a lie; they go up in the scales; they are altogether lighter than vanity.
Job 31:6
let me be weighed in an even balance so that God may know my uprightness.
Jeremiah 6:30
Reprobate silver they call them, because Jehovah has rejected them.
Ezekiel 22:18-20
Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are bronze, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the middle of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
Matthew 22:11-12
And the king coming in to look over the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment.
1 Corinthians 3:13
each one's work shall be revealed. For the Day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try each one's work as to what kind it is.