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Daniel 5:26
This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE,God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it;
Daniel 5:26 · Darby Bible
Daniel 5:26 in other translations
This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
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.
“This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE: God has counted your kingdom, and brought it to an end.
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In context
23 but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of the heavens; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy nobles, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised thegods 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:
24 then from before him was sent the part of the hand, and this writing hath been written.
25 And this is the writing that is 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 Belshazzar commanded, 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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