Dan 5:28 | JFB | STEP | 28. Peres-- the explanation of "dividers" ( ), the active participle plural there being used for the passive participle singular, "dividers" for "divided." The word "Peres" alludes to the similar word "Persia." divided-- namely, among the Medes and Persians [Maurer]; or, "severed" from thee [Grotius].

‏ Daniel 5:28

28. Peres--the explanation of "dividers" (Da 5:25), the active participle plural there being used for the passive participle singular, "dividers" for "divided." The word "Peres" alludes to the similar word "Persia."

divided--namely, among the Medes and Persians [Maurer]; or, "severed" from thee [Grotius].