Daniel 5:28
PHARES: thy kingdom is divided, and is given to the Medes and Persians.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Phares : divisum est regnum tuum, et datum est Medis, et Persis.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- φαρές, διῄρηται ἡ βασιλεία σου καὶ ἐδόθη Μήδοις καὶ Πέρσαις.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- פְּרֵ֑ס פְּרִיסַת֙ מַלְכוּתָ֔ךְ וִיהִיבַ֖ת לְמָדַ֥י וּפָרָֽס
Haydock's commentary
Persians. Those who confound Baltassar with Nabonides, say that Cyrus made himself master of all the empire. How then was it divided? Darius rather took possession of the greatest part while Cyrus had Persia, (Calmet) till his uncle's death. (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.