Daniel 5:24

Daniel chapter 5 · verse 24 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.

Context

v.23but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine from them; and thou hast praised the gods 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.

v.24This passage

v.25And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Daniel 5:5

    In the same hour came forth the fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.