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Daniel 5:27-29
GOD’S WORD Translation
Daniel 5:27-29
GOD’S WORD Translation
27 Weighed—you have been weighed on a scale and found to be too light. 28 Divided—your kingdom will be divided and given to the Medes and Persians.” [a]
29 Then Belshazzar ordered that Daniel be dressed in purple and wear a gold chain on his neck. He made Daniel the third-highest ruler in the kingdom.
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- 5:28 There is a play on words here between Aramaic peres (divided ) and paras (Persians ).
Daniel 5:27-29
New International Version
Daniel 5:27-29
New International Version
27 Tekel[a]: You have been weighed on the scales(A) and found wanting.(B)
28 Peres[b]: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes(C) and Persians.”(D)
29 Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was clothed in purple, a gold chain was placed around his neck,(E) and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.(F)
Footnotes
- Daniel 5:27 Tekel can mean weighed or shekel.
- Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) can mean divided or Persia or a half mina or a half shekel.
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