Daniel 5:26

26 “Here is what these words mean: Mene[a] : God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.

Daniel 5:26 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
26 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
English Standard Version (ESV)
26 This is the interpretation of the matter: MENE, God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end;
New Living Translation (NLT)
26 This is what these words mean: means ‘numbered’—God has numbered the days of your reign and has brought it to an end.
The Message Bible (MSG)
26 This is what the words mean: "Mene: God has numbered the days of your rule and they don't add up.
American Standard Version (ASV)
26 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and brought it to an end;
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
26 This is its meaning: Numbered--God has numbered the days of your kingdom and will bring it to an end.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
26 This is the interpretation of the message: MENE [means that] God has numbered [the days of] your kingdom and brought it to an end.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
26 "And here is what those words mean. Mene" means that God has limited the time of your rule. He has brought it to an end.

Daniel 5:26 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 5:26

This is the interpretation of the thing
Or, "word" F26; for they might all seem as one word; or this is the sense of the whole: MENE;
as for this word, it signifies, God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it;
God had fixed the number of years, how long that monarchy should last, which he was now at the head of, and which was foretold, ( Jeremiah 25:1 Jeremiah 25:11 Jeremiah 25:12 ) ( 27:7 ) , and also the number of years that he should reign over it; and both these numbers were now completed; for that very night Belshazzar was slain, and the kingdom translated to another people: and a dreadful thing it is to be numbered to the sword, famine, and pestilence, or any sore judgment of God for sin, as sometimes men are; so more especially to be appointed to everlasting wrath, and to be numbered among transgressors, among the devils and damned in hell.


FOOTNOTES:

F26 (atlm) "sermonis", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus; "verborum", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Broughtonus; "verbi", Cocceius; "illius verbi", Michaelis.

Daniel 5:26 In-Context

24 Therefore he sent the hand that wrote the inscription.
25 “This is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN
26 “Here is what these words mean: Mene : God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.
27 Tekel : You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.
28 Peres : Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”

Cross References 2

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. "Mene" can mean "numbered" or "mina" (a unit of money).
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