New American Standard Bible 2020
Daniel 5:28
Daniel 5:28 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
- New International Version (NIV)Peres : Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians."
- New King James Version (NKJV)PERES: Your kingdom has been divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.”
Context of Daniel 5:28
26This is the interpretation of the message: ‘Menē’--God has numbered your kingdom and put an end to it. 27‘Tekēl’--you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient. ‘Perēs’--your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.” 29Then Belshazzar gave orders, and they clothed Daniel with purple and put a necklace of gold around his neck, and issued a proclamation concerning him that he now had authority as the third ruler in the kingdom. 30That same night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was killed.
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פְּרֵ֑ס פְּרִיסַת֙ מַלְכוּתָ֔ךְ וִיהִיבַ֖ת לְמָדַ֥י וּפָרָֽס׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Daniel 5:28
- Daniel 5:31So Darius the Mede received the kingdom at about the age of sixty-two.
- Daniel 6:28So this Daniel enjoyed success in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
- Daniel 8:3Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, a ram which had two horns was standing in front of the canal. Now the two horns were long, but one was longer than the other, with the longer one coming up last.
- Daniel 9:1In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of Median descent, who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans--
- Isaiah 13:17Behold, I am going to stir up the Medes against them, Who will not value silver or take pleasure in gold.
- Isaiah 21:2A harsh vision has been shown to me; The treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, Elam, lay siege, Media; I have put an end to all the groaning she has caused.
- Isaiah 45:1This is what the Lord says to Cyrus His anointed, Whom I have taken by the right hand, To subdue nations before him And to undo the weapons belt on the waist of kings; To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:
Commentaries on Daniel 5:28
- 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. 28PERES means that your kingdom has been divided: God would divide the Babylonian Empire and give it to two peoples, the Medes and the Persians.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. Peres--the explanation of "dividers" (Da 5:25), the active participle plural there being used for the passive participle singular, "dividers" for "divided." The word "Peres" alludes to the similar word "Persia." divided--namely, among the Medes and Persians [Maurer]; or, "severed" from thee [Grotius].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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