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Daniel 5:26 KJV
Daniel · chapter 5 · verse 26
This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.Daniel 5:26 · King James Version
Daniel 5:26 in context
24Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
25And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
26This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
27TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
28PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- interpretationpᵉsharan interpretationH6591 →
- numberedmᵉnâʼto count, appointH4483 →
- kingdommalkûwdominionH4437 →
- MENEmᵉnêʼnumberedH4484 →
- GodʼĕlâhhGodH426 →
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Here is, I. The information given to the king, by the queen-mother, concerning Daniel, how fit he was to be consulted in this difficult case. It is supposed that this queen was the widow of Evil-Merodach, and was that famous Nitocris whom Herodotus mentions as a woman of extraordinary prudence.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-29