Parallel Verses

NET Bible

As for peres -- your kingdom is divided and given over to the Medes and Persians."

New American Standard Bible

‘PERĒS’—your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

PERES means that your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”

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

peres’—your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”

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."

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.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
פּרס 
P@rac (Aramaic) 
Usage: 3

מלכוּ 
Malkuw (Aramaic) 
Usage: 57

is divided
פּרס 
P@rac (Aramaic) 
Usage: 3

and given
יהב 
Y@hab (Aramaic) 
Usage: 28

to the Medes
מדי 
Maday (Aramaic) 
Usage: 5

Context Readings

Daniel Deciphers And Interprets The Writing

27 As for teqel -- you are weighed on the balances and found to be lacking. 28 As for peres -- your kingdom is divided and given over to the Medes and Persians." 29 Then, on Belshazzar's orders, Daniel was clothed in purple, a golden collar was placed around his neck, and he was proclaimed third ruler in the kingdom.



Cross References

Isaiah 13:17

Look, I am stirring up the Medes to attack them; they are not concerned about silver, nor are they interested in gold.

Daniel 6:28

So this Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

Isaiah 21:2

I have received a distressing message: "The deceiver deceives, the destroyer destroys. Attack, you Elamites! Lay siege, you Medes! I will put an end to all the groaning!"

Daniel 5:31

So Darius the Mede took control of the kingdom when he was about sixty-two years old.

Isaiah 45:1-2

This is what the Lord says to his chosen one, to Cyrus, whose right hand I hold in order to subdue nations before him, and disarm kings, to open doors before him, so gates remain unclosed:

Daniel 9:1

In the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, who was of Median descent and who had been appointed king over the Babylonian empire --

Daniel 8:3-4

I looked up and saw a ram with two horns standing at the canal. Its two horns were both long, but one was longer than the other. The longer one was coming up after the shorter one.

Daniel 8:20

The ram that you saw with the two horns stands for the kings of Media and Persia.

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