Daniel 5:25
And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
In Context
24Then the part of the hand was sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.
Cross References
1 Samuel 28:19Moreover LORD will deliver Israel also with thee into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow thou and thy sons shall be with me. LORD will also deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.
Isaiah 14:11Thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, [and] the noise of thy viols. The worm is spread under thee, and worms cover thee.
Jeremiah 27:7And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his own land comes. And then many nations and great kings shall make him their bondman.
Luke 1:51He did a mighty work by his arm. He scattered the proud in the mentality of their heart.
Matthew Henry on Daniel 5:11-30
Daniel Brought before Belshazzar. ( b. c. 538.) 10 Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed: 11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy… Read the whole commentary →