Daniel 5:24–25
24Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
24Then was the part of the hand sent from him, and this writing was written.
25¶ And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
25¶ And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL VPHARSIN.
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5¶ In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
5¶ In the same houre came forth fingers of a mans hand, and wrote ouer against the candlesticke vpon the plaister of the wall of the Kings palace, and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
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Daniel 5:24
Sense 1: A portion or division of a whole. Sense 2: To divide, separate, depart, or share.
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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
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Caused to go or be carried; dispatched.
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Past-tense or past-participial form of write (to set down, record, or communicate in letters or writing).
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Daniel 5:25
Past-tense or past-participial form of write (to set down, record, or communicate in letters or writing).
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5:18O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
5:18O thou king, the most high God gaue Nebuchad-nezzar thy father a kingdome, and maiestie, and glory, and honour.
5:19And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
5:19And for the maiestie that hee gaue him, all people, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would, he slew, & whom he would, he kept aliue, and whom he would hee set vp, and whom he would hee put downe.
5:20But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
5:20‖†But when his heart was lifted vp, and his minde hardened in pride: hee was deposed from his kingly throne, and they tooke his glory from him.
5:21And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
5:21*‖And hee was driuen from the sonnes of men, and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wilde asses: they fed him with grasse like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heauen, till hee knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdome of men, and that hee appointeth ouer it whomsoeuer he will.
5:22And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
5:22And thou his sonne, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this:
5:23But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
5:23But hast lifted vp thy selfe against the LORD of heauen, and they haue brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wiues and thy concubines haue drunke wine in them, and thou hast praised the gods of siluer, and golde, of brasse, yron, wood and stone, which see not, nor heare, nor knowe: and the God in whose hande thy breath is, and whose are all thy wayes, hast thou not glorified.
5:24Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
5:24Then was the part of the hand sent from him, and this writing was written.
Selected passage5:25¶ And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
5:25¶ And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL VPHARSIN.
Selected passage5:26This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
5:26This is the interpretation of the thing, MENE, God hath numbred thy kingdome, and finished it.
5:27TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
5:27TEKEL, thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
5:28PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
5:28PERES, thy kingdome is diuided, and giuen to the Medes and Persians.