Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Divided -- Divided is thy kingdom, and it hath been 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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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.
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 Weighed -- Thou art weighed in the balances, and hast been found lacking. 28 Divided -- Divided is thy kingdom, and it hath been given to the Medes and Persians.' 29 Then hath Belshazzar said, and they have clothed Daniel with purple, and a bracelet of gold is on his neck, and they have proclaimed concerning him that he is the third ruler in the kingdom.
Cross References
Isaiah 13:17
Lo, I am stirring up against them the Medes, Who silver esteem not, And gold -- they delight not in it.
Daniel 6:28
And this Daniel hath prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
Isaiah 21:2
A hard vision hath been declared to me, The treacherous dealer is dealing treacherously, And the destroyer is destroying. Go up, O Elam, besiege, O Media, All its sighing I have caused to cease.
Daniel 5:31
and Darius the Mede hath received the kingdom, when a son of sixty and two years.
Isaiah 45:1-2
Thus said Jehovah, To His anointed, to Cyrus, Whose right hand I have laid hold on, To subdue nations before him, Yea, loins of kings I loose, To open before him two-leaved doors, Yea, gates are not shut:
Daniel 9:1
In the first year of Darius, son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who hath been made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans,
Daniel 8:3-4
And I lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, a certain ram is standing before the stream, and it hath two horns, and the two horns are high; and the one is higher than the other, and the high one is coming up last.
Daniel 8:20
The ram that thou hast seen possessing two horns, are the kings of Media and Persia.