Verse 24
Daniel 5:24
New King James Version
24
Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
Original Language Text
hebrew
בֵּ/אדַ֨יִן֙ מִן קֳדָמ֔וֹ/הִי שְׁלִ֖יַחַ פַּסָּ֣/א דִֽי יְדָ֑/א וּ/כְתָבָ֥/א דְנָ֖ה רְשִֽׁים
English Translation
And behold, from before her is a sending of a letter that I wrote, and this is signed.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousan...
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2
Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his fa...
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3
Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God (Elohim)...
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4
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of sto...
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5
In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the...
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6
Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his lo...
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7
The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers.
And the king s...
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8
Then came in all the king’s wise
men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the kin...
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9
Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords wer...
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10
Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house:
and th...
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11
There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom
is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father...
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12
Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shew...
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13
Then was Daniel brought in before the king.
And the king spake and said unto Daniel,
Art thou that D...
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14
I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods
is
in thee, and
that light and understanding...
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15
And now the wise
men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this wr...
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16
And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou can...
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17
Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to...
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18
O thou king, the most high God (Elohim) gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and g...
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19
And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before...
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20
But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly thr...
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21
And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling
was...
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22
And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
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23
But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his hous...
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24
Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
25
And this
is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
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This
is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God (Elohim) hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished...
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27
TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
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28
PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
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29
Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and
put a chain of gold about his n...
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30
In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
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31
And Darius the Median took the kingdom,
being about threescore and two years old.
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