# Daniel 5.27 **Book:** [Daniel](/codex/daniel/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 25. And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 26. This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and brought it to an end; > > **27. TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.** > > 28. PERES; thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. 29. Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. (Daniel 5:25-29, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 25. This is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 26. This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God has counted your kingdom, and brought it to an end; > > **27. TEKEL; you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.** > > 28. PERES; your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. 29. Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. (Daniel 5:25-29, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 25. And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 26. This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. > > **27. TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.** > > 28. PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. 29. Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. (Daniel 5:25-29, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 25. and this [is] the writing that is noted down: Numbered, Numbered, Weighed, and Divided. 26. This [is] the interpretation of the thing: Numbered, God hath numbered thy kingdom, and hath finished it. > > **27. Weighed, Thou art weighed in the balances, and hast been found lacking.** > > 28. Divided, Divided is thy kingdom, and it hath been given to the Medes and Persians.' 29. Then hath Belshazzar said, and they have clothed Daniel with purple, and a bracelet of gold [is] on his neck, and they have proclaimed concerning him that he is the third ruler in the kingdom. (Daniel 5:25-29, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Kemetic Religion vs the Christian God](/codex/kemetic-religion-vs-the-christian-god/) **People:** - [Nebuchadrezzar](/codex/nebuchadrezzar/), via [Daniel 5.25-31](/codex/daniel-5-25-31/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.