Daniel 5:27-29
New American Standard Bible 1995
27 ‘TEKĒL’—you have been (A)weighed on the scales and found deficient. 28 ‘PERĒS’—your kingdom has been divided and given over to the (B)Medes and [a]Persians.”
29 Then Belshazzar gave orders, and they (C)clothed Daniel with purple and put a necklace of gold around his neck, and issued a proclamation concerning him that he now had authority as the [b]third ruler in the kingdom.
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- Daniel 5:28 Aram: Pāras
- Daniel 5:29 Or triumvir
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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