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The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 5:25-28

And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. TEKEL Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. PERES Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. The Septuagint has two versions of this passage, one m the text, the other in the portion at the beginning, which we think is really composed of marginal readings. In the text the Aramaic is not given... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 5:25-28

Found wanting. The mysterious writing on the wall of Belshazzar's palace is a revelation of the judgment which must certainly follow all misuse of the talents and opportunities of life. It brings vividly before us the summons, the trial, and the sentence which awaits every one who neglects and abuses his mission in the world. I. THE SUMMONS . "Numbered" is the first word. The days of the Babylonian supremacy are numbered, and the days of the life of King Belshazzar are numbered;... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 5:25

And this is the writing that was written - The Babylonians, it would seem, were unacquainted with the “characters” that were used, and of course unable to understand the meaning. See Daniel 5:8. The first thing, therefore, for Daniel to do was to read the writing, and this he was able to do without difficulty, probably, as already remarked, because it was in the ancient Hebrew character - a character quite familiar to him, though not known to the Babylonians, whom Belshazzar consulted. It is... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 5:26

This is the interpretation of the thing - It may seem not to have been difficult to interpret the meaning of the communication, when one was able to read the words, or when the sense of the words was understood. But, if the words are placed together, and considered in their abstract form, the whole communication would be so enigmatical that the interpretation would not be likely to occur to anyone without a Divine guidance. This will appear more clearly by arranging the words together, as has... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 5:27

Tekel - This word (תקל teqēl) is also, according to Gesenius, a passive participle (from תקל teqal - “to poise, to weigh”), and means “weighed.” It would be used with reference to anything placed in a balance to ascertain its weight; and hence, like the word “measure,” would denote that the extent, dimensions, true worth, or character of anything was ascertained. As by the use of scales the weight of anything is known, so the word is applied to any estimate of character or of actions, and a... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 5:24-28

Daniel 5:24-28. Then was part of the hand sent from him The LXX. read, Δια τουτο εκ προσωπου αυτου απεσταλη αστραγαλος χειρος , και την γραφην ταυτην ενεταξε . “On this account hath the joint, or part of a hand, been sent from his presence, and hath formed this writing.” The reading in the Vulgate is to the same purpose. Houbigant translates the verse, “Therefore is the hand sent from him, the fingers whereof have formed this writing.” And this is the writing, MENE, &c. In the Arabic... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Daniel 5:1-31

Belshazzar’s feast (5:1-31)The events of this chapter took place in 539 BC. If Daniel was about fifteen years of age when taken captive to Babylon in 605 BC, he would now be over eighty. Nebuchadnezzar had long been dead. The present king, Nabonidus, was absent in distant territories for much of his reign, and the rule of the country was largely in the hands of his son Belshazzar. The queen who appears in the story (v. 10) was probably the queen mother, wife of Nabonidus. Nebuchadnezzar is... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 5:25

MENE, MENE = NUMBERED, NUMBERED. Figure of speech Epizeuxis ( App-6 ), for great emphasis. Chaldee. mene', mene ' = numbered [yea] ended. See note on Jeremiah 27:7 . TEKEL = WEIGHED. Chaldee. tekel (compare Hebrew. shekel . App-51 .) UPPHARSIN = AND DIVIDED (or BROKEN). Chaldee. upharsin (the " u " being the conjunction = and), from Chaldee. paras = to break. See note on Daniel 4:27 . There is a further reference, by the Figure of speech Syllepsis (or combination), App-6 , to the ... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Daniel 5:25

"And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE; MENE TEKEL, U - PHARSIN. This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and brought it to an end. TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. PERES; thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians."DANIEL'S INTERPRETATION OF THE HANDWRITINGIn the interpretation, it should be noticed that Daniel read the last word as Peres, instead of U-Pharsin. The reason for this was that, "The `U'... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Daniel 5:25

Daniel 5:25. MENE, &c.— These words are fully explained by Daniel in the following verses. The word Mene is doubled, to shew that the thing is certain and established by God; as Joseph told Pharaoh in a similar case. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 5:25-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 5:25-28

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 5:25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 5:26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 5:27

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 5:24-28

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Daniel 5:1-31

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 5:25

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Daniel 5:25

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Daniel 5:25

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