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Daniel 5:24-31

What meaning of the daniel 5:24-31 in the Bible?

What does Daniel 5:24-31 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.

  • Daniel 5:24

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

  • Daniel 5:25

    And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

  • Daniel 5:26

    This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.

  • Daniel 5:27

    TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

  • Daniel 5:28

    PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

  • Daniel 5:29

    Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

  • Daniel 5:30

    In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.

  • Daniel 5:31

    And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.

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