Daniel 5:27
What does Daniel 5:27 mean?
A plain-English look at Daniel 5:27 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
KJV
King James Version · 1611TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Tekel; you have been put in the scales and seen to be under weight.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Weighed--Thou art weighed in the balances, and hast been found lacking.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752THECEL: thou art weighed in the balance, and art found wanting.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890TEKEL, Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting;
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 22:18
Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross unto me: all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are the dross of silver.
- Jeremiah 6:30
Refuse silver shall men call them, because Jehovah hath rejected them.
- 1 Corinthians 3:13
each man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself shall prove each man’s work of what sort it is.
- Psalms 62:9
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: In the balances they will go up; They are together lighter than vanity.
- Job 31:6
(Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity);
- Matthew 22:11
But when the king came in to behold the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a wedding-garment:
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