TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
Ver. 27. TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances, a and art found wanting.] As the former was a term taken from creditors, so this from light coin; deprehensus es minus habere, thou art not current. Others may think thee weighty enough and worthy, but God pondereth the hearts, Pro 22:2 and thinketh thee fit to be refused, ut nummus reprobus so money rejected.
a Iupiter ipse duas aequato examine lances Sustinet. - Virg.