Daniel Chapter 5 verse 27 Holy Bible

ASV Daniel 5:27

TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
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BBE Daniel 5:27

Tekel; you have been put in the scales and seen to be under weight.
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DARBY Daniel 5:27

TEKEL, Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting;
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KJV Daniel 5:27

TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
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WBT Daniel 5:27


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WEB Daniel 5:27

TEKEL; you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.
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YLT Daniel 5:27

Weighed -- Thou art weighed in the balances, and hast been found lacking.
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Ellicott's Commentary

Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewTEKELתְּקֵ֑ל (tə·qêl)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 8625: To balancemeans that you have been weighedתְּקִ֥ילְתָּה (tə·qî·lə·tāh)Verb - Nifal - Perfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 8625: To balanceon the scalesבְמֹֽאזַנְיָ֖א (ḇə·mō·zan·yā)Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural determinateStrong's 3977: A pair of scalesand foundוְהִשְׁתְּכַ֥חַתְּ (wə·hiš·tə·ḵa·ḥat)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 7912: To discoverdeficient.חַסִּֽיר׃ (ḥas·sîr)Adjective - masculine singularStrong's 2627: Lacking, wanting, deficientJump to PreviousBalances Deficient Found Lacking Scales TEKEL Wanting Weighed Weight