Daniel 5:25

25 "Now this is the inscription that was written out: 'MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.'

Daniel 5:25 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 5:25

And this is the writing that was written
They are such and such letters, and so to be read, as follows: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN;
which are Chaldee words, and may be literally rendered, "he hath numbered, he hath numbered"; that is, God hath certainly, perfectly, and exactly numbered; "he hath weighed", God hath weighed thee, Belshazzar; "and they divide the kingdom"; that is, the Medes and Persians, as appears from the following interpretation:

Daniel 5:25 In-Context

23 but you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines have been drinking wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which do not see, hear or understand. But the God in whose hand are your life-breath and all your ways, you have not glorified.

24 "Then the hand was sent from Him and this inscription was written out.

25 "Now this is the inscription that was written out: 'MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.'

26 "This is the interpretation of the message: 'MENE '-God has numbered your kingdom and put an end to it.

27 " 'TEKEL '-you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "a mina" (50 shekels) from verb ``to number''
• [b]. Or "a mina" (50 shekels) from verb ``to number''
• [c]. Or "a shekel" from verb ``to weigh''
• [d]. Or "and half-shekels" (sing: "peres") from verb ``to divide''