# Daniel 5.29

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**Book:** [Daniel](/codex/daniel/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/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.
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> **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.**
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> 30. In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was slain. 31. And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old. (Daniel 5:27-31, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/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.
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> **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.**
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> 30. In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain. 31. Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old. (Daniel 5:27-31, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/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.
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> **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.**
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> 30. In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. 31. And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old. <sup>being: Cald. he as the son of, etc</sup> <sup>about: or, now</sup> (Daniel 5:27-31, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/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.'
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> **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.**
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> 30. In that night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans is slain, 31. and Darius the Mede hath received the kingdom, when a son of sixty and two years. (Daniel 5:27-31, 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._

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Evidence Behind the Bible's Most Incredible Stories](/codex/evidence-behind-the-bibles-most-incredible-stories/)
- [Nabonidus Cylinder and Belshazzar](/codex/nabonidus-cylinder-and-belshazzar/), via [Daniel 5](/codex/daniel-5/), [Daniel 5.29-30](/codex/daniel-5-29-30/)

**People:**

- [Nebuchadrezzar](/codex/nebuchadrezzar/), via [Daniel 5.25-31](/codex/daniel-5-25-31/)

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## 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.