Daniel Interprets the Handwriting
Daniel 5:31
In 11 translations
- BSB
- and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.
- KJV
- And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.being…: Chaldee, he as the son of, etcabout: or, now
- WEB
- Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old. Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
- ASV
- And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
- LSV
- and Darius the Mede has received the kingdom when a son of sixty-two years.
- YLT
- and Darius the Mede hath received the kingdom, when a son of sixty and two years.
- DBY
- And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, [being] about sixty-two years old.
- DRC
- And Darius the Mede succeeded to the kingdom, being threescore and two years old.
- GNV
- And Darius of the Medes tooke the kingdome, being threescore and two yeere olde.
- JPS6:1
- And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
- LXXE6:1
- And Darius the Mede succeeded to the kingdom, being sixty-two years old.
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Where the editions differ
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- Written (Ketiv): מָֽדָיָ֔א (“Mede the”). Read aloud (Qere): מָֽדָאָ֔ה (“Median the”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads מָֽדָיאָ֔; read aloud (Qere) reads מָֽדָאָ֔ה (“Median the”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC6:1
- וְדָרְיָ֨וֶשׁ֙ מָֽדָיָ֔א קַבֵּ֖ל מַלְכוּתָ֑א כְּבַ֥ר שְׁנִ֖ין שִׁתִּ֥ין וְתַרְתֵּֽין׃KJV:Dan.5.31Marks an anomalous form.We have abandoned or added a ketib/qere relative to BHS. In doing this we agree with L against BHS.
- LXX-Br6:1
- καὶ Δαρεῖος ὁ Μῆδος παρέλαβε τὴν βασιλείαν, ὢν ἐτῶν ἑξήκοντα δύο.
Who and where
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
DariusMedian, TheAramaic; Aramaic LanguageMedesMedes, MediaDaniel, Book ofLanguages of the Old TestamentPersiaMedo-Persian KingdomBabylon
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Daniel 9:1In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes, a Mede by descent, who was made ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans —
- Daniel 6:1Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 6:1 in some Bibles
- 5:31 in most Bibles