Daniel 5:28
What does Daniel 5:28 mean?
A plain-English look at Daniel 5:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000PERES; thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
KJV
King James Version · 1611PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901PERES; thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Peres; your kingdom has been cut up and given to the Medes and Persians.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Divided--Divided is thy kingdom, and it hath been given to the Medes and Persians.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752PHARES: thy kingdom is divided, and is given to the Medes and Persians.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890PERES, Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Daniel 6:28
So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
- 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 realm of the Chaldeans,
- Daniel 5:31
And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
- Isaiah 21:2
A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous man dealeth treacherously, and the destroyer destroyeth. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
- Isaiah 45:1
Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:
- Daniel 8:20
The ram which thou sawest, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
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