Daniel 5:31
What does Daniel 5:31 mean?
A plain-English look at Daniel 5:31 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Darius the Mede took the kingdom, being then about sixty-two years old.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and Darius the Mede hath received the kingdom, when a son of sixty and two years.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Darius, the Mede, succeeded to the kingdom, being threescore and two years old.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, [being] about sixty-two years old.
Context
v.30In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was slain.
v.31This passage
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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 6:1
It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;
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