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27 Weighed—you have been weighed on a scale and found to be too light. 28 Divided—your kingdom will be divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”[a]

29 Then Belshazzar ordered that Daniel be dressed in purple and wear a gold chain on his neck. He made Daniel the third-highest ruler in the kingdom.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:28 There is a play on words here between Aramaic peres (divided) and paras (Persians).

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