Verse 28
Daniel 5:28
Geneva Bible
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PERES, thy kingdome is deuided, and giuen to the Medes and Persians.
Original Language Text
hebrew
פְּרֵ֑ס פְּרִיסַת֙ מַלְכוּתָ֔/ךְ וִ/יהִיבַ֖ת לְ/מָדַ֥י וּ/פָרָֽס
English Translation
"Break the breaking of your kingdom and give it to Media and Persia."
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Chapter 5 Context
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King Belshazzar made a great feast to a thousand of his princes, and dranke wine before the thousand...
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And Belshazzar whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring him the golden and siluer vessels, whic...
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Then were brought the golden vessels, that were taken out of the Temple of the Lords house at Ierusa...
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They drunke wine and praysed the gods of golde, and of siluer, of brasse, of yron, of wood and of st...
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At the same houre appeared fingers of a mans hand, which wrote ouer against the candlesticke vpon th...
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Then the Kings countenance was changed, and his thoughtes troubled him, so that the ioynts of his lo...
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Wherefore the King cryed loude, that they should bring the astrologians, the Caldeans and the sooths...
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Then came all the Kings wise men, but they could neither reade the writing, nor shewe the King the i...
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Then was King Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his princes w...
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Now the Queene by reason of the talke of the King, and his princes came into the banket house, and t...
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There is a man in thy kingdome, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods, and in the dayes of thy fath...
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Because a more excellent spirit, and knowledge, and vnderstanding (for hee did expound dreames, and...
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13
Then was Daniel brought before the King, and the King spake and sayd vnto Daniel, Art thou that Dani...
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Now I haue heard of thee, that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and that light and vnderstand...
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Now therefore, wisemen and astrologians haue bene brought before me, that they should reade this wri...
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Then heard I of thee, that thou couldest shewe interpretations, and dissolue doutes: nowe if thou ca...
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Then Daniel answered, and sayd before the King, Keepe thy rewards to thy selfe, and giue thy giftes...
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O King, heare thou, The most high God (Elohim) gaue vnto Nebuchad-nezzar thy father a kingdome, and...
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And for the maiestie that he gaue him, all people, nations, and languages trembled, and feared befor...
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But when his heart was puft vp, and his minde hardened in pride, hee was deposed from his kingly thr...
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And hee was driuen from the sonnes of men, and his heart was made like the beastes, and his dwelling...
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And thou his sonne, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all these things...
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But hast lift thy selfe vp against the Lord of heauen, and they haue brought the vessels of his Hous...
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Then was the palme of the hand sent from him, and hath written this writing.
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And this is the writing that he hath written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL UPHARSIN.
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This is the interpretation of the thing, MENE, God (Elohim) hath nombred thy kingdome, and hath fini...
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TEKEL, thou art wayed in the balance, and art found too light.
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PERES, thy kingdome is deuided, and giuen to the Medes and Persians.
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Then at the commandement of Belshazzar they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chaine of golde ab...
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The same night was Belshazzar the King of the Caldeans slaine.
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And Darius of the Medes tooke the kingdome, being threescore and two yeere olde.
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