King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
Complete Jewish Bible:
'T'kel'- you are weighed on the balance-scale and come up short.
Berean Standard Bible:
TEKEL means that you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.
American Standard Version:
TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
TEKEL{H8625}; Thou art weighed{H8625} in the balances{H3977}, and art found{H7912} wanting{H2627}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Job 31:6
- Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
1 Corinthians 3:13
- Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every 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: to be laid in the balance, they [are] altogether [lighter] than vanity.
Jeremiah 6:30
- Reprobate silver shall [men] call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.
Ezekiel 22:18
- Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they [are] brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are [even] the dross of silver.
Ezekiel 22:20
- [As] they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt [it]; so will I gather [you] in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave [you there], and melt you.
Matthew 22:11
- And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
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Commentary for Daniel 5:27
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H8625
There are 2 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: תְּקַל
Transliteration: tᵉqal
Pronunciation: tek-al'
Description: (Aramaic) corresponding to שָׁקַל; to balance; Tekel, be weighed. - Strong's Number: H3977
There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מֹאזֵן
Transliteration: môʼzên
Pronunciation: mo-zane'
Description: (Aramaic) corresponding to מֹאזֵן; {(only in the dual) a pair of scales}; balances. - Strong's Number: H7912
There are 15 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שְׁכַח
Transliteration: shᵉkach
Pronunciation: shek-akh'
Description: (Aramaic) corresponding to שָׁכַח through the idea of disclosure of a covered or forgotten thing; to discover (literally or figuratively); find. - Strong's Number: H2627
There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חַסִּיר
Transliteration: chaççîyr
Pronunciation: khas-seer'
Description: (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to חָסֵר; deficient; wanting.