Bible verse
Now this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN.
Daniel 5:25 · BSB
The verses around it, from Daniel 5.
21 He was driven away from mankind, and his mind was like that of a beast. He lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he acknowledged that the Most High God rules over the kingdom of mankind, setting over it whom He wishes.
22 But you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.
23 Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.
24 Therefore He sent the hand that wrote the inscription.
25 Now this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN.
26 And this is the interpretation of the message: MENE means that God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.
27 TEKEL means that you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.
28 PERES means that your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”
29 Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel in purple, placed a gold chain around his neck, and proclaimed him the third highest ruler in the kingdom.
KJV
And this [is] the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
ASV
And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
ERV
And this is the writing that was inscribed, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
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