Passage

Daniel 5.29-30

Book: Daniel · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV

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. 30. In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain.

And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old. (Daniel 5:27-31, ASV)

WEB

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. 30. In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain.

Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old. (Daniel 5:27-31, WEB)

KJV

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. 30. In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.

And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old. ^{being: Cald. he as the son of, etc} ^{about: or, now} (Daniel 5:27-31, KJV)

YLT

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. 30. In that night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans is slain,

and Darius the Mede hath received the kingdom, when a son of sixty and two years. (Daniel 5:27-31, YLT)

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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.

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Quoted in

Concepts:

Nabonidus Cylinder and Belshazzar

People:

Nebuchadrezzar, via Daniel 5.25-31

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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 (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
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.

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