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Daniel 5:27
TEKEL, thou art wayed in the balance, and art found too light.
Daniel 5:27 · Geneva 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 was the palme of the hand sent from him, and hath written this writing.
25 And this is the writing that he hath written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL UPHARSIN.
26 This is the interpretation of the thing, MENE, God hath nombred thy kingdome, and hath finished it.
27 TEKEL, thou art wayed in the balance, and art found too light.
28 PERES, thy kingdome is deuided, and giuen to the Medes and Persians.
29 Then at the commandement of Belshazzar they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chaine of golde about his necke, and made a proclamation concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdome.
30 The same night was Belshazzar the King of the Caldeans slaine.
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