Daniel 5:31

5:31 (6:1) ¹  So Darius the Mede took control of the kingdom when he was about sixty-two years old.

Daniel 5:25

5:25 “This is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, ²  TEQEL, and PHARSIN. ³ 

Daniel 5:28

5:28 As for peres ⁴  – your kingdom is divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”

[5:31]  ¹ sn Beginning with 5:31, the verse numbers through 6:28 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Aramaic text (BHS), with 5:31 ET = 6:1 AT, 6:1 ET = 6:2 AT, 6:2 ET = 6:3 AT, 6:3 ET = 6:4 AT, etc., through 6:28 ET = 6:29 AT. Beginning with 7:1 the verse numbers in the English Bible and the Aramaic text are again the same.

[5:25]  ² tc The Greek version of Theodotion lacks the repetition of מְנֵא (mÿne’, cf. NAB).

[5:25]  ³ tc The Aramaic word is plural. Theodotion has the singular (cf. NAB “PERES”).

[5:28]  ⁴ sn Peres (פְּרֵס) is the singular form of פַרְסִין (pharsin) in v. 25.