Daniel 5:31
“And Darius the Median tooke the kingdome, being about threescore and two yeere old.”
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Daniel 5:31 Context
29Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chaine of gold about his necke, and made a Proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdome. 30¶ In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Caldeans slaine. 31And Darius the Median tooke the kingdome, being about threescore and two yeere old.
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Other Translations for Daniel 5:31
And Darius the Median took the kingdom, [being] about threescore and two years old.
- King James Version
So Darius the Mede received the kingdom at about the age of sixty-two.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And Darius the Mede took the kingdom, being then about sixty-two years old.
- Basic English Bible
And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, [being] about sixty-two years old.
- Darby Bible
And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about sixty and two years old.
- Webster's Bible
Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
- World English Bible
and Darius the Mede hath received the kingdom, when a son of sixty and two years.
- Youngs Literal Bible
(6:1) And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Daniel 5:31
5:31 Darius the Mede - This was he that with Cyrus besieged and took Babylon.