Verse 26
Daniel 5:26
Bible in Basic English
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This is the sense of the words: Mene; your kingdom has been numbered by God (Elohim) and ended.
Original Language Text
hebrew
דְּנָ֖ה פְּשַֽׁר מִלְּתָ֑/א מְנֵ֕א מְנָֽה אֱלָהָ֥/א מַלְכוּתָ֖/ךְ וְ/הַשְׁלְמַֽ/הּ
English Translation
Number, number, weighed, weighed; your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, drinking wine before the thousan...
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Belshazzar, while he was overcome with wine, gave orders for them to put before him the gold and sil...
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Then they took in the gold and silver vessels which had been in the Temple of the house of God (Eloh...
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They took their wine and gave praise to the gods of gold and silver, of brass and iron and wood and...
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In that very hour the fingers of a man's hand were seen, writing opposite the support for the light...
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Then the colour went from the king's face, and he was troubled by his thoughts; strength went from h...
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The king, crying out with a loud voice, said that the users of secret arts, the Chaldaeans, and the...
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Then all the king's wise men came in: but they were not able to make out the writing or give the sen...
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Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled and the colour went from his face, and his lords were at a...
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The queen, because of the words of the king and his lords, came into the house of the feast: the que...
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There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your fathe...
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Because a most special spirit, and knowledge and reason and the power of reading dreams and unfoldin...
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Then they took Daniel in before the king; the king made answer and said to Daniel, So you are that D...
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And I have had news of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and reason and spe...
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And now the wise men, the users of secret arts, have been sent in before me for the purpose of readi...
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And I have had news of you, that you have the power of making things clear, and of answering hard qu...
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Then Daniel made answer and said to the king, Keep your offerings for yourself, and give your reward...
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As for you, O King, the Most High God (Elohim) gave to Nebuchadnezzar, your father, the kingdom and...
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And because of the great power he gave him, all peoples and nations and languages were shaking in fe...
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But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit became hard with pride, he was put down from his pla...
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And he was sent out from among the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts', and he was...
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And you, his son, O Belshazzar, have not kept your heart free from pride, though you had knowledge o...
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But you have been lifting yourself up against the Lord of heaven, and they have put the vessels of h...
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Then the part of the hand was sent out from before him, and this writing was recorded.
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And this is the writing which was recorded, Mene, tekel, peres.
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This is the sense of the words: Mene; your kingdom has been numbered by God (Elohim) and ended.
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Tekel; you have been put in the scales and seen to be under weight.
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Peres; your kingdom has been cut up and given to the Medes and Persians.
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Then, by the order of Belshazzar, they put a purple robe on Daniel, and a gold chain round his neck,...
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That very night Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldaeans, was put to death.
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And Darius the Mede took the kingdom, being then about sixty-two years old.
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