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].