Daniel 5:25
And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
Updated King James Version
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 him; and this writing was written.
26This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it.
Cross References
1 Samuel 28:19Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines: and tomorrow shall you and your sons be with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.
Isaiah 14:11Your pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of your viols: the worm is spread under you, and the worms cover you.
Jeremiah 27:7And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall make use of him.
Luke 1:51He has showed strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
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 →