From Nave’s Topical Bible
Mene
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 2Passages listed
- 1Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- General scriptures concerningDaniel 5:25Daniel 5:26
The passages, in Bible order (2)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 2 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Daniel 5:25
Now this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN.
Commentary on Daniel 5:252 voices
And this is the writing that was written,.... They are such and such letters, and so to be read, as follows: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN; which are Chaldee words, and may be literally rendered, "he hath numbered, he hath numbered"; that is, God hath certainly, perfectly, and exactly numbered; "he hath weighed", God hath weighed thee, Belshazzar; "and they divide the kingdom"; that is, the Medes and Persians, as appears from the following interpretation:
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Verses 25-28. "This is the inscription which has been set up: MANE, THECEL, PHARES. And this is the interpretation of the sentence: 'MANE' means that God has numbered thy kingdom and brought it to an end. 'THECEL' means it has been weighed in the scales and has been found deficient (Vulg.: thou hast been weighed and hast been found...). 'PHARES' means that thy kingdom has been removed and given to the Medes and Persians."
Jerome· St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER FIVE, 420Patristic
- Daniel 5:26
And this is the interpretation of the message: MENE means that God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.
Commentary on Daniel 5:262 voices
MENE - MENE MENE, it is numbered, it is numbered; the words are doubled for the greater confirmation. It relates to the number of the seventy years for the overthrow of the Babylonish empire.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765Evangelical
By "interpretation," he refers to the meaning. "Mane: God has measured your kingdom and brought it to an end," that is, he has seen you are unworthy of kingship, and he decided to leave you bereft of it. "Thekel: he was weighed in the balance …
Theodoret of Cyrus· COMMENTARY ON DANIEL 5:25-28, 458Patristic