Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
PERES; thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
New American Standard Bible
‘PERĒS’—your kingdom has been divided and given over to the
King James Version
PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
PERES: Your kingdom has been divided and will be given to the Medes and Persians."
A Conservative Version
PERES, thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Amplified
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Bible in Basic English
Peres; your kingdom has been cut up and given to the Medes and Persians.
Darby Translation
PERES, Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Julia Smith Translation
Pharsin; Thy kingdom was divided, and it shall be given to the Medes and to Persia.
King James 2000
PERES; Your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Lexham Expanded Bible
" 'Peres'--your kingdom has been divided and given to [the] Medes and Persians.'"
Modern King James verseion
HALF-MINAS, Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Phares, thy kingdom is dealt in parts, and given to the Medes and Persians."
NET Bible
As for peres -- your kingdom is divided and given over to the Medes and Persians."
New Heart English Bible
PERES; your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians."
The Emphasized Bible
P'res, - snatched away is thy kingdom, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Webster
PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
World English Bible
PERES; your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Youngs Literal Translation
Divided -- Divided is thy kingdom, and it hath been given to the Medes and Persians.'
Themes
Abasement » Examples of » Belshazzar
Glory » The reward for not glorifying God
Government » God setting up and removing kings
Heathen » Divine revelations given to » Belshazzar
Medes » Supremacy of, in the chaldean empire
Persia » Prophecies concerning
Pride/arrogance » The reward for pride
Symbols and similitudes » Handwriting on the wall
Walls » Miracles connected with » Handwriting on the wall of belshazzar's palace
Topics
Interlinear
References
Morish
Smith
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Daniel 5:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
Daniel Deciphers And Interprets The Writing
27 TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. 28 PERES; thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. 29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
Cross References
Isaiah 13:17
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
Daniel 6:28
So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
Isaiah 21:2
A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous man dealeth treacherously, and the destroyer destroyeth. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
Daniel 5:31
And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
Isaiah 45:1-2
Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:
Daniel 9:1
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans,
Daniel 8:3-4
Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
Daniel 8:20
The ram which thou sawest, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.