Daniel 5:27 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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

English ASV

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

English Amplified

TEKEL, You are weighed in the balances and are found wanting;

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

tekel, You are weighed in the balances and are found wanting;

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

TEKEL means that you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

‘Tekel’ means that you have been weighed on the balance and found deficient.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

Tekel means “weighed”. It shows that God has weighed you. But the scales show that you are too light.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Tekel: You have been weighed on the scales and found not good enough.

TEKEL, you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting;

English GNT (Good News Translation)

weight, you have been weighed on the scales and found to be too light;

English God's Word - GW 1995

Weighed—you have been weighed on a scale and found to be too light.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

TEKEL [means that] you have been weighed in the balance and found deficient.

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

‘TEKĒL’—you have been weighed on the scales and found lacking.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Tekel***: you have been weighed in the balances and are found wanting.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"'TEKEL'--you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

TEKEL, you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting;

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

As for teqel — you are weighed on the balances and found to be lacking.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

#1 means that you have been weighed on scales. And you haven't measured up to God's standard.

English NIV

Tekel: You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.

English NKJ 1982

: You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting;

English NLT

Tekel means `weighed'--you have been weighed on the balances and have failed the test.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

TEKEL, you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting;

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

“ Teqel***: God has weighed*** you in the balance, and you have been found lacking.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

TEKEL, you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting;

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

“Tekel means 'weighed'—you have been weighed in God's balances and have failed the test.

English Tyndale 1537

Thetel, thou art weighed in the balance, and art found to light:

Daniel 5:27 — Compare Translations