Daniel 5:28

28 Peres[a] : Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”

Daniel 5:28 in Other Translations

KJV
28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
ESV
28 PERES, your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians."
NLT
28 means ‘divided’—your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
MSG
28 "Peres: Your kingdom has been divided up and handed over to the Medes and Persians."
CSB
28 PERES [means that] your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians."

Daniel 5:28 In-Context

26 “Here is what these words mean: Mene : God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.
27 Tekel : You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.
28 Peres : Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
29 Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was clothed in purple, a gold chain was placed around his neck, and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.
30 That very night Belshazzar, king of the Babylonians, was slain,

Cross References 2

  • 1. Isaiah 13:17
  • 2. S Jeremiah 27:7; Jeremiah 50:41-43; Daniel 6:28

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. "Peres" (the singular of "Parsin" ) can mean "divided" or "Persia" or "a half mina" or "a half shekel" .
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