Daniel 5:28-31
King James Version
28 Peres; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
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Daniel 5:28-31
New International Version
29 Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was clothed in purple, a gold chain was placed around his neck,(C) and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.(D)
30 That very night Belshazzar,(E) king(F) of the Babylonians,[b] was slain,(G) 31 and Darius(H) the Mede(I) took over the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two.[c]
Footnotes
- Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) can mean divided or Persia or a half mina or a half shekel.
- Daniel 5:30 Or Chaldeans
- Daniel 5:31 In Aramaic texts this verse (5:31) is numbered 6:1.
Daniel 5:28-31
New King James Version
28 PERES: Your kingdom has been divided, and given to the (A)Medes and (B)Persians.”[a] 29 Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel with purple and put a chain of gold around his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him (C)that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
Belshazzar’s Fall
30 (D)That very night Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was slain. 31 (E)And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
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- Daniel 5:28 Aram. Paras, consonant with Peres
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