Daniel 5:28 - Forerunner Commentary

Daniel 5:28

26 This is the interpretation of each word. MENE: God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it;

27 TEKEL: ^aYou have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting;

28 PERES: Your kingdom has been divided, and given to the ^aMedes and ^bPersians.”

29 Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel with purple and put a chain of gold around his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him ^athat he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

Belshazzar’s Fall

30 ^aThat very night Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was slain.

31 ^aAnd Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.

Verse Comparison: Daniel 5:28

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American Standard Version
PERES; thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

Amplified® Bible
PERES, Your kingdom {and} your kingship are divided and given to the Medes and Persians. [Foretold in Isa. 21:2, 5, 9.]

Contemporary English Version
(SEE 5:25)

Darby English Version
PERES, Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

Good News Bible
divisions, your kingdom is divided up and given to the Medes and Persians."

King James Version
PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

New American Standard Bible
" `PERES'--your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians."

New International Version
Peres : Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians."

New King James Version
PERES: Your kingdom has been divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.'

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"'PERES' I have divided your kingdom and have given it over to the Medes and Persians."

Revised Standard Version
PERES, your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians."

Young's Literal Translation
Divided -- Divided is thy kingdom, and it hath been given to the Medes and Persians.'

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