God’s Word Translation
Daniel 5:31
31Darius the Mede took over the kingdom. He was 62 years old.
Daniel 5:31 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
- New International Version (NIV)and Darius the Mede took over the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
Context of Daniel 5:31
29Then Belshazzar ordered that Daniel be dressed in purple and wear a gold chain on his neck. He made Daniel the third-highest ruler in the kingdom. 30That night King Belshazzar of Babylon was killed. Darius the Mede took over the kingdom. He was 62 years old.
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וְדָרְיָ֙וֶשׁ֙ מָֽדָאָ֔ה קַבֵּ֖ל מַלְכוּתָ֑א כְּבַ֥ר שְׁנִ֖ין שִׁתִּ֥ין וְתַרְתֵּֽין׃Read the interlinear
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Commentaries on Daniel 5:31
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 31Darius the Median took the kingdom - This is supposed to be the same as Cyaxares, son of Astyages and maternal uncle of Cyrus, to whom he gave the throne of Babylon, after himself had had the honor of taking the city. Daniel speaks nothing of the war that raged between the Babylonians and the Medes; but Isaiah speaks particularly of it, chap. 13, 14, 45, Isaiah 46:1-13, Isaiah 47:1-15.; and so does Jeremiah, chap. 50, 51. I need not add, that it is…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-31Verses 18-31 Daniel reads Belshazzar's doom. He had not taken warning by the judgments upon Nebuchadnezzar. And he had insulted God. Sinners are pleased with gods that neither see, nor hear, nor know; but they will be judged by One to whom all things are open. Daniel reads the sentence written on the wall. All this may well be applied to the doom of every sinner. At death, the sinner's days are numbered and finished; after death is the judgment, when he…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31Darius the Mede is distinct from later Persian kings named Darius (see “The Medes and Persians” Profile). Cyrus the Great conquered Babylon in 539 BC, and there is no mention of a Darius the Mede in other sources. Two solutions are possible: Cyrus the Great might have chosen Darius the Mede to rule as “King of Babylon” in his place for a little over a year (compare Dan 6:28; 9:1; 11:1). Darius and Cyrus might have been the same man bearing two throne…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3131. Darius the Median--that is, Cyaxares II, the son and successor of Astyages, 569-536 B.C. Though Koresh, or Cyrus, was leader of the assault, yet all was done in the name of Darius; therefore, he alone is mentioned here; but Da 6:28 shows Daniel was not ignorant of Cyrus' share in the capture of Babylon. Is 13:17; 21:2, confirm Daniel in making the Medes the leading nation in destroying Babylon. So also Jr 51:11, 28. Herodotus, on the other hand, omits…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Daniel 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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