Daniel 5:31

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“and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.”

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BSBPD

“and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and Darius the Mede hath received the kingdom, when a son of sixty and two years.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Daniel 5:31 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Jeremiah 25:13I will bring upon that land all the words I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations.
  2. Daniel 6:1Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,
  3. 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—

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