Daniel 5:27
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁקַל
shâqal
to suspend or poise (especially in trade)
מֹאזֵן
môʼzên
(only in the dual) a pair of scales
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Key Terms in This Verse
מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →Cross References
Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.
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.
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.
Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.
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