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

1And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. 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. 3And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. 4But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

Daniel 12:2 word by word

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

• manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• sleepיָשֵׁןyâshên · sleepingH3463
• dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
• earthאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
• awakeקִיץqûts · to awakeH6974
• everlastingעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• lifeחַיִּיםchay · lifeH2416
• shameחֶרְפָּהcherpâh · reproachH2781
• contemptדֵּרָאוֹןderâ'ôn dêrâ'ôn · abhorrenceH1860

Cross-references for Daniel 12:2

• Job 19:25For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
• Isaiah 26:19Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
• Ezekiel 37:1The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
• Hosea 13:14I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from my eyes.
• Matthew 22:29Jesus answered and said to them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
• John 11:23Jesus saith to her, Thy brother shall rise again.
• 1 Corinthians 15:20But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also who sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
• Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.
• Matthew 25:46And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
• John 5:28Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
• Acts 24:15And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
• Isaiah 66:24And they shall go forth, and look upon the dead bodies of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.
• Jeremiah 20:11But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
• Romans 9:21Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel to honour, and another to dishonour?

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