If only my grief could be weighed
and my devastation(A) placed with it on the scales.(B)

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“If only my anguish could be weighed
    and all my misery be placed on the scales!(A)

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27 ‘Tekel’[a] means that you have been weighed[b] on the balance and found deficient.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:27 Or a shekel
  2. 5:27 The Aramaic word for weighed sounds like tekel.

27 Tekel[a]: You have been weighed on the scales(A) and found wanting.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:27 Tekel can mean weighed or shekel.

11 Can I excuse wicked scales
or bags of deceptive weights?(A)

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11 Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales,(A)
    with a bag of false weights?(B)

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