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Daniel 5:27
TEKEL, Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting;
Daniel 5:27 · Darby Bible
Daniel 5:27 in other translations
TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
TEKEL means that you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.
TEKEL: you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.
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In context
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.
30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
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