Daniel 5:24-26

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

²⁴Then was the part of the hand sent from the presence of [the Most High God], and this writing was inscribed.

²⁵And this is the ^[a]inscription that was written, mene, mene, tekel, upharsin—numbered, numbered, weighed, divisions.

²⁶This is the interpretation of the matter: mene, God has numbered the days of your kingship and brought them to an end;

Daniel 5:25 For many people it may be difficult to understand why all the wise men, the magicians, the soothsayers, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers were unable to translate a few simple words, especially when Daniel’s prescribed education in languages was the same as their own—and he had no difficulty translating. The answer is that any wise man who was present there probably could recognize the four inscribed words, but only the uncompromising man of God—who knew God through daily fellowship and communion with Him, who was so dedicated to Him that God could speak to him and through him—only such a man could tell what the words really meant. Blessed (happy, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) are those who dare to be a Daniel!