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Daniel 5:27

TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
Daniel 5:27 · King James Version

In other versions

  • TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

    ASV

  • Tekel; you have been put in the scales and seen to be under weight.

    BBE

  • TEKEL, Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting;

    DBY

  • TEKEL; you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.

    WEB

  • Weighed -- Thou art weighed in the balances, and hast been found lacking.

    YLT

  • TEKEL; You are weighed in the balances, and are found lacking.

    ENG

  • TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

    WBT

  • TEKEL means that you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.

    BSB

In context

25And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

26This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.

27TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

28PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

29Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

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