Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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 (I Samuel 2:3; Psalms 62:9). Like spurious gold or silver (Jeremiah 6:30).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Daniel 5:27:
Ecclesiastes 1:15
Nahum 1:14
2 Corinthians 13:5
1 Thessalonians 5:3
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