Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Peres; your kingdom has been cut up 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.
American Standard Version
PERES; thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Amplified
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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; you have been put in the scales and seen to be under weight. 28 Peres; your kingdom has been cut up and given to the Medes and Persians. 29 Then, by the order of Belshazzar, they put a purple robe on Daniel, and a gold chain round his neck, and a public statement was made that he was to be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom.
Cross References
Isaiah 13:17
See, I am driving the Medes against them, who put no value on silver and have no pleasure in gold.
Daniel 6:28
So this Daniel did well in the kingdom of Darius and in the kingdom of Cyrus the Persian.
Isaiah 21:2
A vision of fear comes before my eyes; the worker of deceit goes on in his false way, and the waster goes on making waste. Up! Elam; to the attack! Media; I have put an end to her sorrow.
Daniel 5:31
And Darius the Mede took the kingdom, being then about sixty-two years old.
Isaiah 45:1-2
The Lord says to the man of his selection, to Cyrus, whom I have taken by the right hand, putting down nations before him, and taking away the arms of kings; making the doors open before him, so that the ways into the towns may 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 kingdom of the Chaldaeans;
Daniel 8:3-4
And lifting up my eyes, I saw, there before the stream, a male sheep with two horns: and the two horns were high, but one was higher than the other, the higher one coming up last.
Daniel 8:20
The sheep which you saw with two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.