Daniel 5:27
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THECEL: thou art weighed in the balance, and art found wanting.

Thou.

Job 31:6 Let him weigh me in a just balance, and let God know my simplicity.

Psalm 62:9 But vain are the sons of men, the sons of men are liars in the balances: that by vanity they may together deceive.

Jeremiah 6:30 Call them reprobate silver, for the Lord hath rejected them.

Ezekiel 22:18-20 Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross to me: all these are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace: they are become the dross of silver. . . .

art.

Matthew 22:11,12 And the king went in to see the guests: and he saw there a man who had not on a wedding garment. . . .

1 Corinthians 3:13 Every man's work shall be manifest. For the day of the Lord shall declare it, because it shall be revealed in fire. And the fire shall try every man's work, of what sort it is.

Context
Daniel Interprets the Handwriting
26And this is the interpretation of the word. MANE: God hath numbered thy kingdom, and hath finished it. 27THECEL: thou art weighed in the balance, and art found wanting.28PHARES: thy kingdom is divided, and is given to the Medes and Persians.…
Cross References
Job 31:6
Let him weigh me in a just balance, and let God know my simplicity.

Psalm 62:9
But vain are the sons of men, the sons of men are liars in the balances: that by vanity they may together deceive.

Proverbs 16:2
All the ways of a man are open to his eyes: the Lord is the weigher of spirits.

Ezekiel 5:1
And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife that shaveth the hair: and cause it to pass over thy head, and over thy beard: and take thee a balance to weigh in, and divide the hair.

Lexicon
TEKEL
תְּקֵ֑ל (tə·qêl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8625: To balance

means that you have been weighed
תְּקִ֥ילְתָּה (tə·qî·lə·tāh)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8625: To balance

on the scales
בְמֹֽאזַנְיָ֖א (ḇə·mō·zan·yā)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural determinate
Strong's Hebrew 3977: A pair of scales

and found
וְהִשְׁתְּכַ֥חַתְּ (wə·hiš·tə·ḵa·ḥat)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7912: To discover

deficient.
חַסִּֽיר׃ (ḥas·sîr)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2627: Lacking, wanting, deficient


Additional Translations
TEKEL means that you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.TEKEL; You are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.

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

Thekel; it has been weighed in the balance, and found wanting.

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

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

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

TEKEL; you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.

Weighed -- Thou art weighed in the balances, and hast been found lacking.
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