Verse 28
Daniel 5:28
New Living Translation
28
<i>Parsin</i> means ‘divided’ — your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”<br>
Original Language Text
hebrew
פְּרֵ֑ס פְּרִיסַת֙ מַלְכוּתָ֔/ךְ וִ/יהִיבַ֖ת לְ/מָדַ֥י וּ/פָרָֽס
English Translation
"Break the breaking of your kingdom and give it to Media and Persia."
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Chapter 5 Context
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Many years later King Belshazzar gave a great feast for 1,000 of his nobles, and he drank wine with...
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While Belshazzar was drinking the wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver cups that his...
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So they brought these gold cups taken from the Temple, the house of God (Elohim) in Jerusalem, and t...
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While they drank from them they praised their idols made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and st...
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Suddenly, they saw the fingers of a human hand writing on the plaster wall of the king’s palace, nea...
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and his face turned pale with fright. His knees knocked together in fear and his legs gave way benea...
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The king shouted for the enchanters, astrologers, and fortune-tellers to be brought before him. He s...
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But when all the king’s wise men had come in, none of them could read the writing or tell him what i...
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So the king grew even more alarmed, and his face turned pale. His nobles, too, were shaken.
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But when the queen mother heard what was happening, she hurried to the banquet hall. She said to Bel...
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There is a man in your kingdom who has within him the spirit of the holy gods. During Nebuchadnezzar...
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This man Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar, has exceptional ability and is filled with divine...
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So Daniel was brought in before the king. The king asked him, “Are you Daniel, one of the exiles bro...
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I have heard that you have the spirit of the gods within you and that you are filled with insight, u...
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My wise men and enchanters have tried to read the words on the wall and tell me their meaning, but t...
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I am told that you can give interpretations and solve difficult problems. If you can read these word...
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Daniel answered the king, “Keep your gifts or give them to someone else, but I will tell you what th...
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Your Majesty, the Most High God (Elohim) gave sovereignty, majesty, glory, and honor to your predece...
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He made him so great that people of all races and nations and languages trembled before him in fear....
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But when his heart and mind were puffed up with arrogance, he was brought down from his royal throne...
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He was driven from human society. He was given the mind of a wild animal, and he lived among the wil...
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“You are his successor, O Belshazzar, and you knew all this, yet you have not humbled yourself.
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For you have proudly defied the Lord of heaven and have had these cups from his Temple brought befor...
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So God (Elohim) has sent this hand to write this message.
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“This is the message that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, and PARSIN.
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This is what these words mean: <i>Mene</i> means ‘numbered’ — God (Elohim) has numbered the days of...
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<i>Tekel</i> means ‘weighed’ — you have been weighed on the balances and have not measured up.<br>
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<i>Parsin</i> means ‘divided’ — your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”<...
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Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was dressed in purple robes, a gold chain was hung around his n...
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That very night Belshazzar, the Babylonian king, was killed.
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And Darius the Mede took over the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.
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