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 numbered your kingdom, and brought it to an end;
27 ‘TEKĒL’—you have been
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 62:9
Common people are only a vapor in the wind. Important people are only a delusion. When all of them are weighed on a scale, they amount to nothing. They are less than a vapor in the wind.
Job 31:6
let God weigh me on honest scales and he will know that I am blameless.
Jeremiah 6:30
They call them rejected silver, for Jehovah has rejected them.
Ezekiel 22:18-20
Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me. All of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead in the furnace. They are the dross of silver.
Matthew 22:11-12
When the king met the guests he found that one of them was not wearing the right kind of clothes for the wedding.
1 Corinthians 3:13
every man's work will be made known, for the day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will prove what sort every man's work is.