Daniel 5:25

New American Bible - revised edition

“This is the writing that was inscribed: Mene, Tekel, and Peres. These words mean:

Cross References

2 Chronicles 21:12

A letter came to him from Elijah the prophet with this message: “Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: Because you have not walked in the way of your father Jehoshaphat, nor of Asa, king of Judah,

Isaiah 14:11

Down to Sheol your pomp is brought, the sound of your harps. Maggots are the couch beneath you, worms your blanket.”

Isaiah 47:11

But upon you shall come an evil you will not be able to charm away; Upon you shall fall a disaster you cannot ward off. Upon you shall suddenly come a ruin you cannot imagine.

Jeremiah 27:7

All nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson, until the time comes for him and his land; then many nations and great kings will enslave him.

Daniel 5:24

By him was the hand sent, and the writing set down.

Daniel 5:26

Mene, God has numbered your kingdom and put an end to it;

Habakkuk 2:7

Will your debtors not rise suddenly? Will they not awake, those who make you tremble? You will become their spoil!

Luke 1:51

He has shown might with his arm, dispersed the arrogant of mind and heart.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you; and the things you have prepared, to whom will they belong?’

1 Samuel 28:19

Moreover, the Lord will deliver Israel, and you as well, into the hands of the Philistines. By tomorrow you and your sons will be with me, and the Lord will have delivered the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines.”