Daniel 5:27
T'kel, Thou least been weighed in the balances, and been found wanting.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
In Context
26This the interpretation of the matter: M'ne, God hath numbered thy kingdom, and made an end of it.
28P'ress; Thy kingdom hath been divided, and is given to the Medes and Persians.
Cross References
Job 31:6Let him weigh me then in a righteous balance, and let God acknowledge my integrity,
Proverbs 21:2Every way of a man is straight in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the hearts.
Ezekiel 22:18Son of man, the house of Israel are become to me dross: they all are copper, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; the dross of silver are they become.
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 →