Daniel 12:2

Daniel 12:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and everlasting contempt.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Many of those whose bodies lie dead and buried will rise up, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting disgrace.

Context of Daniel 12:2

1“At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt. 3Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever. 4But you, Daniel, roll up and seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end. Many will go here and there to increase knowledge.”

Daniel 12:2 word by word

וְרַבִּ֕ים מִיְּשֵׁנֵ֥י אַדְמַת־עָפָ֖ר יָקִ֑יצוּ אֵ֚לֶּה לְחַיֵּ֣י עוֹלָ֔ם וְאֵ֥לֶּה לַחֲרָפ֖וֹת לְדִרְא֥וֹן עוֹלָֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• of them that sleepיָשֵׁןyâshên · sleepingH3463
• in the dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
• of the earthאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
• shall awakeקִיץqûts · to awakeH6974
• some to everlastingעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• lifeחַיִּיםchay · lifeH2416
• and some to shameחֶרְפָּהcherpâh · reproachH2781
• contemptדֵּרָאוֹןderâ'ôn dêrâ'ôn · abhorrenceH1860

Cross-references for Daniel 12:2

• Job 19:25I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth.
• Isaiah 26:19But your dead will live, Lord; their bodies will rise— let those who dwell in the dust wake up and shout for joy— your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.
• Ezekiel 37:1The hand of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones.
• Hosea 13:14“I will deliver this people from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death. Where, O death, are your plagues? Where, O grave, is your destruction? “I will have no compassion,
• Matthew 22:29Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
• John 11:23Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
• 1 Corinthians 15:20But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:14For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.
• Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books.
• Matthew 25:46“Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
• John 5:28“Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice
• Acts 24:15and I have the same hope in God as these men themselves have, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.
• Isaiah 66:24“And they will go out and look on the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; the worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind.”
• Jeremiah 20:11But the Lord is with me like a mighty warrior; so my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced; their dishonor will never be forgotten.
• Romans 9:21Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?

Commentaries on Daniel 12:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth - This prophecy has been referred to the future restoration of the Jews. It will be also true of the state of mankind at the general judgment.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2And many of them - The natural and obvious meaning of the word “many” (רבים rabı̂ym ) here is, that a large portion of the persons referred to would thus awake, but not all. So we should understand it if applied to other things, as in such expressions as these - “many of the people,” “many of the houses in a city,” “many of the trees in a forest,” “many of the rivers in a country,” etc. In the Scriptures, however, it is undeniable that the word is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Everlasting life is entirely free from shame or disgrace (compare Genesis 2:25; 3:7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. many ... that sleep--"many from among the sleepers ... these shall be unto everlasting life; but those (the rest of the sleepers who do not awake at this time) shall be unto shame" [Tregelles]. Not the general resurrection, but that of those who share in the first resurrection; the rest of the dead being not to rise till the end of the thousand years (Re 20:3, 5, 6; compare 1Co 15:23; 1Th 4:16). Israel's national resurrection, and the first…Read the comment

Topics related to Daniel 12:2

• Church
• Dead (People)
• Death
• Immortality
• Life
• Punishment
• Resurrection
• Righteous
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Eternal life
• Resurrection of the dead
• Abhor
• Awake
• Bel, and the Dragon
• Corruption
• Daniel, Book of
• Death
• Decease, in the Old Testament and Apocyphra
• Dust

Commentaries on Daniel 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings