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Daniel 5:27-29
English Standard Version
Daniel 5:27-29
English Standard Version
27 Tekel, (A)you have been weighed[a] in the balances and found wanting; 28 Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to (B)the Medes and (C)Persians.”[b]
29 Then (D)Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel (E)was clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made about him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
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- Daniel 5:27 Tekel sounds like the Aramaic for weighed
- Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) sounds like the Aramaic for divided and for Persia
English Standard Version (ESV)
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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