Daniel 5:27-29

Lexham English Bible

²⁷ “‘Tekel’—you have been weighed on scales and you have been found wanting.^[a]

²⁸ “‘Peres’—your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.’”

²⁹ Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with purple and placed a necklace of gold around his neck, and they made a proclamation concerning him that he would be the third ruler in authority in the kingdom.