Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Daniel 5:27

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27. weighed in the balances —The Egyptians thought that Osiris weighed the actions of the dead in a literal balance. The Babylonians may have had the same notion, which would give a peculiar appropriateness to the image here used. found wanting —too light before God, the weigher of actions ( 1 Samuel 2:3 ; Psalms 62:9 ). Like spurious gold or silver ( Jeremiah 6:30 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-28" class="com-number"

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