Other translations
American Standard Version
TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
Darby Bible Translation
TEKEL, Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting;
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
THECEL: thou art weighed in the balance, and art found wanting.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
TEKEL, you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting;
God's Word
Weighed-you have been weighed on a scale and found to be too light.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
TEKEL means that you have been weighed in the balance and found deficient.
International Standard Version
TEKEL: You've been weighed on the scales—and you don't measure up.
NET Bible
As for teqel--you are weighed on the balances and found to be lacking.
New American Standard Bible
"'TEKEL '-- you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.
New International Version
Tekel: You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.
New Living Translation
[Tekel] means 'weighed'--you have been weighed on the balances and have not measured up.
Webster's Bible Translation
TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
The World English Bible
TEKEL; you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.
EasyEnglish Bible
Tekel means “weighed”. It shows that God has weighed you. But the scales show that you are too light.
Young‘s Literal Translation
Weighed -- Thou art weighed in the balances, and hast been found lacking.
New Life Version
‘TEKEL’ means that you have been weighed and found to be too light.
The Voice Bible
TEKEL: You have been weighed on the scales and found defective;
Living Bible
“Tekel means ‘weighed’—you have been weighed in God’s balances and have failed the test.
New Catholic Bible
“Tekel: you have been weighed on the scales and been found wanting.
Legacy Standard Bible
‘TEKEL’—you have been weighed on the scales and found lacking.
Jubilee Bible 2000
TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances and art found wanting.
Christian Standard Bible
‘Tekel’ means that you have been weighed on the balance and found deficient.
Amplified Bible © 1954
tekel, You are weighed in the balances and are found wanting;
New Century Version
Tekel: You have been weighed on the scales and found not good enough.
The Message
“Teqel: You have been weighed on the scales and you don’t weigh much.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
Tekel means that you have been weighed in the scales, and you are too light.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
tekel, you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting;
Good News Translation®
weight, you have been weighed on the scales and found to be too light;
Wycliffe Bible
Tekel, thou art weighed in a balance, and thou art found having less; (Tekel, thou art weighed in a balance, and thou art found wanting;)
Contemporary English Version
The words written there are mene, which means “numbered,” tekel, which means “weighed,” and parsin, which means “divided.” God has numbered the days of your kingdom and has brought it to an end. He has weighed you on his balance scales, and you fall short of what it takes to be king. So God has divided your kingdom between the Medes and the Persians.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
tekel, you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting;
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
tekel: you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting;
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
tekel, you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting;
Common English Bible © 2011
tekel means that you’ve been weighed on the scales, and you don’t measure up.
Amplified Bible © 2015
‘tekel’—you have been weighed on the scales [of righteousness] and found deficient;
English Standard Version Anglicised
Tekel, you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting;
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Tekel, you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting;
New American Standard Bible
‘Tekēl’—you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.
The Expanded Bible
Tekel [C “Weighed”]: You have been weighed on the scales and found ·not good enough [deficient; lacking; T wanting].
Tree of Life Version
TEKEL: You have been weighed in the balances and found wanting.
Revised Standard Version
tekel, you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting;
New International Reader's Version
“The word Tekel means that you have been weighed on scales. And you haven’t measured up to God’s standard.
BRG Bible
Tekel; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
Complete Jewish Bible
‘T’kel’ — you are weighed on the balance-scale and come up short.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
tekel, you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting;
Orthodox Jewish Bible
TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
Names of God Bible
Weighed—you have been weighed on a scale and found to be too light.
Modern English Version
Tekel: you have been weighed in the balances and are found wanting.
Easy-to-Read Version
Tekel: You have been weighed on the scales and found not good enough.
International Children’s Bible
Tekel: You have been weighed on the scales and found not good enough.
Lexham English Bible
“‘Tekel’—you have been weighed on scales and you have been found wanting.
New International Version - UK
Tekel: You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.