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Daniel 5:28

5:27 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

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PERES; your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

PERES; Your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

5:29 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.

What does Daniel 5:28 mean?

Daniel 5:28 is a verse in the book of Daniel, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include פְּרַס (pᵉraç), מַלְכוּ (malkûw), יְהַב (yᵉhab). It connects to 15 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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PERES;פְּרַסpᵉraç/per-as'/H6537to split up
Thy
kingdomמַלְכוּmalkûw/mal-koo'/H4437dominion (abstractly or concretely)
is
divided,פְּרַסpᵉraç/per-as'/H6537to split up
and
givenיְהַבyᵉhab/yeh-hab'/H3052{to give (whether literal or figurative); generally, to put; imperatively (reflexive) come}
to
the
MedesמָדַיMâday/maw-dah'-ee/H4076{Madai, a country of central Asia}
and
Persians.פָּרַסPâraç/paw-ras'/H6540{Paras (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitants}

Commentary on Daniel 5:28

HENRY_FULL · Daniel 5:28
II. Of the Edomites, ver. 7-22 . III. Of the Syrians, ver. 23-27 . IV. Of the Kedarenes, and the kingdoms of Hazor, ver. 28-33 . V. Of the Elamites, ver. 34-39 . When Israel was scarcely saved where shall all these appear? The Judgment of Ammonites. ( b. c. 595.) 1 Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the Lord ; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities? 2 Therefore, behold, the days c

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Numbers 21:25

And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof. villages: Heb. daughters

Deuteronomy 3:11

For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.

Joshua 13:24

And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families.

Joshua 13:25

And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;

2 Samuel 11:1

And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem. after: Heb. at the return of the year

2 Samuel 12:27

And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.

Psalms 48:11

Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

Isaiah 14:1

For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

Ezekiel 16:46

And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters. thy younger: Heb. lesser than thou

Ezekiel 21:20

Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.

Ezekiel 25:4

Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk. men: Heb. children

Daniel 4:19

Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.

Daniel 5:1

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

Amos 1:14

But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:

Obadiah 1:19

And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Daniel 5:28.

Daniel 2:37

Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.

Daniel 5:18

O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:

Daniel 6:12

Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

Daniel 6:15

Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.

Daniel 6:8

Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. altereth not: Cald. passeth not

Daniel 7:14

And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

Daniel 7:22

Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.

Daniel 7:27

And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. dominions: or, rulers

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What does Daniel 5:28 say?

Daniel 5:28 (King James Version) reads: "PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians."

Is Daniel 5:28 in the Old or New Testament?

Daniel 5:28 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Daniel.

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