Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Weighed -- Thou art weighed in the balances, and hast been found lacking.
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.
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: Numbered -- God hath numbered thy kingdom, and hath finished it. 27 Weighed -- Thou art weighed in the balances, and hast been found lacking. 28 Divided -- Divided is thy kingdom, and it hath been given to the Medes and Persians.'
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 62:9
Only -- vanity are the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity are lighter.
Job 31:6
He doth weigh me in righteous balances, And God doth know my integrity.
Jeremiah 6:30
'Silver rejected,' they have called to them, For Jehovah hath kicked against them!
Ezekiel 22:18-20
The house of Israel hath been to Me for dross, All of them are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, In the midst of a furnace -- dross hath silver been,
Matthew 22:11-12
'And the king having come in to view those reclining, saw there a man not clothed with clothing of the marriage-feast,
1 Corinthians 3:13
of each the work shall become manifest, for the day shall declare it, because in fire it is revealed, and the work of each, what kind it is, the fire shall prove;