John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 5:27
TEKEL ,.... As for the meaning of this word, and what it points at, it is this: thou art weighed in the balances : of justice and truth, in the holy righteous law of God; as gold, and jewels, and precious stones, are weighed in the scales by the goldsmith and jeweller with great exactness, to know the worth of them: and art found wanting ; found to be adulterated gold, reprobate silver, bad coin, a false stone; found to be a worthless man, a wicked prince, wanting the necessary... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 5:26
This is the interpretation of the thing ,.... Or, "word" F26 מלתא "sermonis", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus; "verborum", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Broughtonus; "verbi", Cocceius; "illius verbi", Michaelis. ; for they might all seem as one word; or this is the sense of the whole: MENE ; as for this word, it signifies, God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it ; God had fixed the number of years, how long that monarchy should last, which he was now at the head of, and... read more