Daniel 5:25
And this is the writing that was inscribed, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
In Context
24Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.
Cross References
1 Samuel 28:19Moreover the LORD will deliver Israel also with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and tomorrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the LORD shall deliver the host of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines.
Isaiah 14:11Thy pomp is brought down to hell, 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 come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.
Luke 1:51He hath shewed strength with his arm; He hath scattered the proud in the imagination 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 →