Daniel 5:25
And this is the writing that is written: MANE, THECEL, PHARES.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Hæc est autem scriptura, quæ digesta est : Mane, Thecel, Phares.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ αὕτη ἡ γραφὴ ἡ ἐντεταγμένη Μανή, θεκέλ, φαρές.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וּדְנָ֥ה כְתָבָ֖א דִּ֣י רְשִׁ֑ים מְנֵ֥א מְנֵ֖א תְּקֵ֥ל וּפַרְסִֽין
Haydock's commentary
Phares. These words consist of three letters, mona, thokol, pros, as we add o merely for pronunciation. Being unconnected and almost destitute of vowels, (Haydock) it is not easy even for the learned to read these words, or to ascertain their meaning. Thus d b r being placed in a similar situation, it would be impossible to determine the sense; as it may have ten different meanings, according as it is pronounced, ver. 8. (Calmet)
Mane is twice repeated, to shew the certainty and exactitude of the numbering. (Menochius)
Yet in the sequel each word occurs once and unconnected, as it is here in the Vulgate; not Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin, (Protestants; Haydock) "He hath numbered, numbered, weighed, and the dividers or the Persians" are upon thee, (T.[Tirinus?]) as Dalila said to Samson. Only three words (Haydock) were written. (St. Jerome)
The rest contain the prophet's explanation. The Chaldean empire had now attained its utmost height. Its king brought ruin upon himself by his wicked life. (Haydock)
He would soon be divided with the sword, and his kingdom shared between the Medes and Persians. (St. Jerome)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.