King James Version

Daniel 5:28

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

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פְּרֵ֑סperesdivideפְּרַסnoun, absolute — “divide”, the ordinary formH6537to split updivide, (U-) pharsin.פְּרִיסַת֙perisatdivideפְּרַסverb, qal passive, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “divide”, a completed actionH6537to split updivide, (U-) pharsin.מַלְכוּתָ֔ךְmalkhutakhekingdomמַלְכוּnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “kingdom”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4437dominion (abstractly or concretely)kingdom, kingly, realm, reign.וִיהִיבַ֖תvihivatand giveיְהַבconjunction, verb, qal passive, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and give”, a completed actionH3052{to give (whether literal or figurative); generally, to put; imperatively (reflexive) come}deliver, give, lay, [phrase] prolong, pay, yield.לְמָדַ֥יlemadayto Medeמָדַיpreposition, noun, gentilic, masculine, singular, determined — “to Mede”, the definite formH4076{Madai, a country of central Asia}Mede(-s).וּפָרָֽסufarasand Persiaפָּרַסconjunction, noun, gentilic, masculine, singular, determined — “and Persia”, the definite formH6540{Paras (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitants}Persia, Persians.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

PERES, thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Divided — Divided is thy kingdom, and it hath been given to the Medes and Persians.'

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

PHARES: thy kingdom is divided, and is given to the Medes and Persians.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

PERES, thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Phares; thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Φάρες, διήρηται ἡ βασιλεία σου, καὶ ἐδόθη Μήδοις καὶ Πέρσαις.