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.
• New International Version (NIV)Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others 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.

Context of Daniel 12:2

1“At that time Michael, the archangel who stands guard over your nation, will arise. Then there will be a time of anguish greater than any since nations first came into existence. But at that time every one of your people whose name is written in the book will be rescued. Many of those whose bodies lie dead and buried will rise up, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting disgrace. 3Those who are wise will shine as bright as the sky, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever. 4But you, Daniel, keep this prophecy a secret; seal up the book until the time of the end, when many will rush here and there, and knowledge will increase.”

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 19:25“But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and he will stand upon the earth at last.
• Isaiah 26:19But those who die in the Lord will live; their bodies will rise again! Those who sleep in the earth will rise up and sing for joy! For your life-giving light will fall like dew on your people in the place of the dead!
• Ezekiel 37:1The Lord took hold of me, and I was carried away by the Spirit of the Lord to a valley filled with bones.
• Hosea 13:14“Should I ransom them from the grave? Should I redeem them from death? O death, bring on your terrors! O grave, bring on your plagues! For I will not take pity on them.
• Matthew 22:29Jesus replied, “Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God.
• John 11:23Jesus told her, “Your brother will rise again.”
• 1 Corinthians 15:20But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead. He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:14For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him the believers who have died.
• Revelation 20:12I saw the dead, both great and small, standing before God’s throne. And the books were opened, including the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to what they had done, as recorded in the books.
• Matthew 25:46“And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life.”
• John 5:28Don’t be so surprised! Indeed, the time is coming when all the dead in their graves will hear the voice of God’s Son,
• Acts 24:15I have the same hope in God that these men have, that he will raise both the righteous and the unrighteous.
• Isaiah 66:24And as they go out, they will see the dead bodies of those who have rebelled against me. For the worms that devour them will never die, and the fire that burns them will never go out. All who pass by will view them with utter horror.”
• Jeremiah 20:11But the Lord stands beside me like a great warrior. Before him my persecutors will stumble. They cannot defeat me. They will fail and be thoroughly humiliated. Their dishonor will never be forgotten.
• Romans 9:21When a potter makes jars out of clay, doesn’t he have a right to use the same lump of clay to make one jar for decoration and another to throw garbage into?

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