DAN 12:2 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Many of those who’ve already been buried will come back to life—some to go on and live forever, and some to endure shame and everlasting contempt.[ref]

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

UST Many of those who have died will become alive again. Some of them will live eternally with God, and some will be eternally shamed in hell.

OEB No OEB DAN book available

WEBBE Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Many of those who sleep
⇔ in the dusty ground will awake –
⇔ some to everlasting life,
⇔ and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence.

LSV And the multitude of those sleeping in the dust of the ground awake, some to continuous life, and some to reproaches—to continuous abhorrence.

FBV Millions[fn] sleeping in the ground in death will awake, some to eternal life, and some to eternal shame and disgrace.

12:2 “Millions”: the usual translation of “many” seems inappropriate here. It really signifies “a great number” which in modern-day idiom would be “millions.”

T4T Many of those who have died [EUP] will become alive again. Some of them will live eternally with God, and some will be eternally shamed/disgraced in hell.

LEB And many from those sleeping _⌊in the dusty ground_⌋[fn] will awake, some to _⌊everlasting life_⌋[fn] and some to disgrace and _⌊everlasting contempt_⌋.[fn]

12:2 Literally “of the ground of dust”

12:2 Literally “life of eternity”

12:2 Literally “contempt of eternity”

BBE And a number of those who are sleeping in the dust of the earth will come out of their sleep, some to eternal life and some to eternal shame.

Moff and many who sleep in the dust of death shall awake, some to life for evermore, some to be rejected and abhorred for evermore.

JPS And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to reproaches and everlasting abhorrence.

ASV 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.

DRA And many of those that sleep in the dust of the earth, shall awake: some unto life everlasting, and others unto reproach, to see it always.

YLT 'And the multitude of those sleeping in the dust of the ground do awake, some to life age-during, and some to reproaches — to abhorrence age-during.

Drby And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame, to everlasting contempt.

RV 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.

SLT And many sleeping in the earth of dust shall awake, these to eternal life, and these to reproach and eternal abhorrence.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.

KJB-1611 And many of them that sleepe in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to euerlasting life, and some to shame and euerlasting contempt.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps And many of them that sleepe in the dust of the earth, shal awake, some to euerlasting life, & some to shame & perpetuall contempt.
(And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth, shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and perpetual contempt.)

Gnva And many of them that sleepe in the dust of the earth, shall awake, some to euerlasting life, and some to shame and perpetuall contempt.
(And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth, shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and perpetual contempt. )

Cvdl Many of them that slepe in the dust of the earth, shal awake: some to euerlastinge life, some to perpetuall shame & reprofe.
(Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth, shall awake: some to everlasting life, some to perpetual shame and reproof.)

Wycl And many of hem that slepen in the dust of erthe, schulen awake fulli, summe in to euerlastynge lijf, and othere in to schenschipe, that thei se euere.
(And many of hem that sleeping in the dust of earth, should awake fully, some in to everlasting life, and other in to harm/trouble, that they see ever.)

Luth Und viele, so unter der Erde schlafen liegen, werden aufwachen, etliche zum ewigen Leben, etliche zur ewigen Schmach und Schande.
(And many, so under the/of_the earth/land/ground sleep lie/lay, become on/in/towachen, several for_the eternal life, several to/for eternal disgrace and shame/dishonour.)

ClVg Et multi de his qui dormiunt in terræ pulvere evigilabunt, alii in vitam æternam, et alii in opprobrium ut videant semper.
(And many from/about his who/which they_sleep in/into/on of_the_earth/land dust evigilabunt, others in/into/on life eternal, and others in/into/on reproach as let_them_see always. )

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

Resurrection in the Old Testament

Many Old Testament passages suggest that the realm of the dead is a place from which people do not return (see, e.g., Job 7:6-21; Ps 6:5; Isa 38:18-19). Yet some passages do seem to hint at the notion of resurrection (see, e.g., Job 19:25-27; Ps 16:10-11; Isa 26:19). Daniel 12:1-3 clearly teaches that the dead will be resurrected, and Daniel was told that he would be raised in this resurrection (12:13). Belief in the resurrection of the dead became more widespread during the intertestamental period, as evidenced by the popularity of this notion in the time of Jesus.

According to this passage from Daniel, the resurrection will not be the same for all people. Two distinct groups of people will be raised: (a) those resurrected to experience new life and (b) those resurrected to experience shame. These two groups are distinguished by moral, ethical, and spiritual characteristics. The resurrection will unveil the true nature of a person, and there will be an ethical and spiritual accounting to God Most High.

The first group will experience a new existence called “everlasting life.” The expression is found only here in the Old Testament, and it seems to refer here more to the quality of life than to its length. Those who experience this life are refined, cleansed, and made pure before their God. The moral and ethical glory of those resurrected in Daniel’s first group is indicated by the metaphors “shine as bright as the sky” and “shine like the stars forever.” The second group experiences everlasting shame and disgrace instead of everlasting life because they are not morally, ethically, or spiritually renewed. The New Testament book of Revelation expands upon these two groups of Daniel’s vision (see Rev 20:4-6, 11-15).

God’s people will finally be rescued from death. Those who are raised to life have had their names inscribed in the Book of Life (see Dan 7:9-10; 10:21; Rev 20:12), and the Judge—the Ancient One—approves of them.

Passages for Further Study

Job 19:25-27; Dan 12:1-3, 13; Matt 27:50-53; 28:1-20; 1 Cor 15:1-58; Rev 20:1-15

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 10:1–12:13: Daniel saw a vision of an angelic man and the end of the age

In this long final vision, Daniel was told of events leading up to the end of the age.

Paragraph 12:1–3

The angelic being who looked like a man (10:5, 16, 18, 20) continued to speak. He said that after a time of great trouble God’s people will receive great and eternal glory.

12:2a

And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake,

Many who have died and lie buried in the dust/ground shall wake/rise from the dead.
Many people who are dead and buried will return to life.

And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: This verse part is a figurative way of referring to resurrection from the dead. Death is spoken of as sleep, and resurrection is spoken of as an awakening. There are at least two ways to translate this figure of speech:

Keeping the metaphor. For example:
Many of those that sleep in the dust of the earth will awake. (NJPS)
Many sleeping in the ground will wake up. (GW)
Explaining or translating the meaning of the figure of speech. For example:
Many of those whose bodies lie dead and buried will rise up. (NLT)
Many of those who lie dead in the ground will rise from death. (CEV)

many: Some scholars think that the Hebrew word that the BSB literally translates as many is another way of saying “everyone.” However, all the English translations consulted say many, and it is recommended that you translate it in this way.

the dust of the earth: This is more literally “the land of dust.” It refers to the graves in the earth, the places where dead people are buried. Here is another way to translate this:

the dusty ground (NET)

12:2b

some to everlasting life,

Some will wake/rise to receive/enjoy life forever.
To some God will give everlasting life.

some to everlasting life: Here the verb “will awake” is implied from the previous verse part. The verb “to receive” or “to enjoy” is implied before the phrase everlasting life In some languages it may be natural to translate this as a separate sentence and supply one or both verbs. For example:

Some will awaken to receive everlasting life

Some of them will wake up to have life forever (NCV)

If you have not translated the metaphor of sleep in 12:2a literally, then here you may say:

some of them will be given eternal life (CEV)

some will enjoy eternal life (GNT)

12:2c

but others to shame and everlasting contempt.

But others will suffer shame and eternal disgrace.
But others will receive/experience unending/permanent disgrace.

but others to shame and everlasting contempt: Here also the verb “to receive” is implied. The verb “will awaken” is probably implied. For example:

but some will wake up to find shame and disgrace forever (NCV)

Here are some other ways to translate this:

other to reproaches, to everlasting abhorrence (NJPS)

and some will suffer eternal disgrace (GNT)

and others will receive nothing but eternal shame and disgrace (CEV)

shame and everlasting contempt: The two nouns shame and contempt are close synonyms. They both refer to a situation in which others rightly scorn and despise someone. The adjective everlasting applies to both shame and contempt, not just to contempt. If a literal translation is unnatural or would imply that the speaker is referring to two different things, only one of which is permanent, it may be best to combine the two ideas into one. For example:

eternal disgrace (GNT)

Parallel DAN 12:2

Section 10:1–12:13: Daniel saw a vision of an angelic man and the end of the age

Paragraph 12:1–3

12:2a

12:2b

12:2c