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.

BSB And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame [and] everlasting contempt.[fn]

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

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 No LEB DAN book available

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 No Moff DAN book available

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 No Bshps DAN book available

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 No Cvdl DAN book available

Wycl No Wycl DAN book available

Luth No Luth DAN book available

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

RP-GNT No RP-GNT DAN book available

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism

וְ⁠רַבִּ֕ים מִ⁠יְּשֵׁנֵ֥י אַדְמַת־עָפָ֖ר יָקִ֑יצוּ

and,many of,sleep_of earth_of dust awake

The phrase sleep in the dust of the earth is another way of referring to those who have died. Alternate translation: “Many of those who have died will awaken”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וְ⁠רַבִּ֕ים מִ⁠יְּשֵׁנֵ֥י אַדְמַת־עָפָ֖ר יָקִ֑יצוּ

and,many of,sleep_of earth_of dust awake

Here awaken is an idiom that means to come back to life. Alternate translation: “Many of those who have died will come back to life”

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