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Version</a></span><br />Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/daniel/12.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Many of those whose bodies lie dead and buried will rise up, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting disgrace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/daniel/12.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/daniel/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/daniel/12.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame <i>and</i> everlasting contempt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/daniel/12.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame <i>and</i> everlasting contempt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/daniel/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace <i>and</i> everlasting contempt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/daniel/12.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/daniel/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace <i>and</i> everlasting contempt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/daniel/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to reproach <i>and</i> everlasting contempt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/daniel/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake (resurrect), these to everlasting life, but some to disgrace and everlasting contempt (abhorrence).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/daniel/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to eternal life, and some to disgrace and eternal contempt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/daniel/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to eternal life, and some to shame and eternal contempt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/daniel/12.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/daniel/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Many of those who lie dead in the ground will rise from death. Some of them will be given eternal life, and others will receive nothing but eternal shame and disgrace. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/daniel/12.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/daniel/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Many sleeping in the ground will wake up. Some will wake up to live forever, but others will wake up to be ashamed and disgraced forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/daniel/12.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Many of those who have already died will live again: some will enjoy eternal life, and some will suffer eternal disgrace. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/daniel/12.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Many of those who are sleeping in the dust of the earth will awaken—some to life everlasting, and some to disgrace and everlasting contempt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/daniel/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/daniel/12.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Many of those who sleep in the dusty ground will awake--some to everlasting life, and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/daniel/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/daniel/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/daniel/12.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/daniel/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the multitude of those sleeping in the dust of the ground awake, some to continuous life, and some to reproaches—to continuous abhorrence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/daniel/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> '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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/daniel/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And many sleeping in the earth of dust shall awake, these to eternal life, and these to reproach and eternal abhorrence.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/daniel/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/daniel/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awaken: some to everlasting life, and others to a reproach that they will always see.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/daniel/12.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake; Some to everlasting life, others to reproach and everlasting disgrace. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/daniel/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/daniel/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/daniel/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the many who sleep in the dust shall be awakened, these to the life of eternity, and those to loss and to the shame of their companions for eternity<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/daniel/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/daniel/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to reproach and everlasting shame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/daniel/12-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/shUZJK-vYxI?start=4349" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/daniel/12.htm">Michael's Deliverance and the End Times</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7227.htm" title="7227: wə·rab·bîm (Conj-w:: Adj-mp) -- Much, many, great. By contracted from rabab; abundant.">And many</a> <a href="/hebrew/3463.htm" title="3463: mî·yə·šê·nê (Prep-m:: N-mpc) -- Sleeping. From yashen; sleepy.">who sleep</a> <a href="/hebrew/6083.htm" title="6083: ‘ā·p̄ār (N-ms) -- Dry earth, dust. From aphar; dust; hence, clay, earth, mud.">in the dust</a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127: ’aḏ·maṯ- (N-fsc) -- Ground, land. From 'adam; soil.">of the earth</a> <a href="/hebrew/6974.htm" title="6974: yā·qî·ṣū (V-Hifil-Imperf-3mp) -- Arise, be awake, watch. A primitive root (compare yaqats); to awake.">will awake,</a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: ’êl·leh (Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">some</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: ‘ō·w·lām (N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">to everlasting</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: lə·ḥay·yê (Prep-l:: N-mpc) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">life,</a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: wə·’êl·leh (Conj-w:: Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">but others</a> <a href="/hebrew/2781.htm" title="2781: la·ḥă·rā·p̄ō·wṯ (Prep-l, Art:: N-fp) -- A reproach. From charaph. contumely, disgrace, the pudenda.">to shame</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: ‘ō·w·lām (N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">and everlasting</a> <a href="/hebrew/1860.htm" title="1860: lə·ḏir·’ō·wn (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- Aversion, abhorrence. Or dera)own; from an unused root (meaning to repulse); an object of aversion.">contempt.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/5-28.htm">John 5:28-29</a></span><br />Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice / and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/25-46.htm">Matthew 25:46</a></span><br />And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/20-12.htm">Revelation 20:12-15</a></span><br />And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books. / The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds. / Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/26-19.htm">Isaiah 26:19</a></span><br />Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-52.htm">1 Corinthians 15:52</a></span><br />in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-25.htm">John 11:25-26</a></span><br />Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. / And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/24-15.htm">Acts 24:15</a></span><br />and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-8.htm">Revelation 21:8</a></span><br />But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/37-12.htm">Ezekiel 37:12-14</a></span><br />Therefore prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O My people, I will open your graves and bring you up from them, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel. / Then you, My people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. / I will put My Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:16</a></span><br />For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-40.htm">Matthew 13:40-43</a></span><br />As the weeds are collected and burned in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age. / The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness. / And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/22-11.htm">Revelation 22:11-12</a></span><br />Let the unrighteous continue to be unrighteous, and the vile continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to practice righteousness, and the holy continue to be holy.” / “Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/19-25.htm">Job 19:25-27</a></span><br />But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth. / Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God. / I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/14-14.htm">Luke 14:14</a></span><br />and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-6.htm">Romans 2:6-8</a></span><br />God “will repay each one according to his deeds.” / To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life. / But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">many.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/19-25.htm">Job 19:25-27</a></b></br> For I know <i>that</i> my redeemer liveth, and <i>that</i> he shall stand at the latter <i>day</i> upon the earth: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/26-19.htm">Isaiah 26:19</a></b></br> Thy dead <i>men</i> shall live, <i>together with</i> my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew <i>is as</i> the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/37-1.htm">Ezekiel 37:1-4,12</a></b></br> The 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 <i>was</i> full of bones, … </p><p class="hdg">some to everlasting life.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/25-46.htm">Matthew 25:46</a></b></br> And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/5-28.htm">John 5:28,29</a></b></br> Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/24-15.htm">Acts 24:15</a></b></br> And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.</p><p class="hdg">everlasting contempt.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/66-24.htm">Isaiah 66:24</a></b></br> And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases 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 abhorring unto all flesh.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/20-11.htm">Jeremiah 20:11</a></b></br> But the LORD <i>is</i> 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: <i>their</i> everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/9-21.htm">Romans 9:21</a></b></br> Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/66-24.htm">Abhorrence</a> <a href="/daniel/2-21.htm">Awake</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-26.htm">Contempt</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-26.htm">Disgrace</a> <a href="/daniel/9-3.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/daniel/10-15.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/daniel/9-24.htm">Everlasting</a> <a href="/daniel/11-15.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/daniel/7-12.htm">Life</a> <a href="/daniel/11-13.htm">Multitude</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-20.htm">Multitudes</a> <a href="/daniel/11-4.htm">Others</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-12.htm">Reproaches</a> <a href="/daniel/11-18.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/daniel/10-9.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-25.htm">Sleeping</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/13-5.htm">Abhorrence</a> <a href="/joel/1-5.htm">Awake</a> <a href="/hosea/12-14.htm">Contempt</a> <a href="/hosea/2-5.htm">Disgrace</a> <a href="/hosea/13-3.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/hosea/2-18.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/micah/5-2.htm">Everlasting</a> <a href="/hosea/2-18.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/hosea/9-11.htm">Life</a> <a href="/daniel/12-3.htm">Multitude</a> <a href="/joel/3-14.htm">Multitudes</a> <a href="/daniel/12-5.htm">Others</a> <a href="/micah/2-6.htm">Reproaches</a> <a href="/hosea/2-10.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/hosea/7-6.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/hosea/7-6.htm">Sleeping</a><div class="vheading2">Daniel 12</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/12-1.htm">Michael shall deliver Israel from their troubles.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/12-5.htm">Daniel is informed of the times.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/daniel/12.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>And many who sleep in the dust of the earth</b><br />This phrase uses the metaphor of "sleep" to describe death, a common biblical motif that suggests a temporary state before awakening. The Hebrew word for "sleep" here is "יָשֵׁן" (yashen), indicating a peaceful rest, which contrasts with the finality of death. "Dust of the earth" recalls <a href="/genesis/3-19.htm">Genesis 3:19</a>, where humanity is reminded of its creation from dust and its return to it in death. This phrase emphasizes the mortality and humble origins of humanity, setting the stage for the miraculous nature of resurrection.<p><b>will awake</b><br />The Hebrew word "יָקִיצוּ" (yaqitsu) means "to awake" or "to arise," suggesting a return to consciousness and life. This awakening is not merely a return to earthly life but a transition to a new, eternal state. The concept of resurrection is pivotal in Jewish eschatology and is further developed in Christian theology, where it is seen as a precursor to the final judgment and eternal life.<p><b>some to everlasting life</b><br />The phrase "everlasting life" is translated from the Hebrew "חַיֵּי עוֹלָם" (chayyei olam), which signifies a life that transcends temporal existence. This is one of the earliest explicit references to eternal life in the Old Testament, pointing to a future hope that is fully realized in the New Testament through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It underscores the promise of eternal communion with God for the righteous.<p><b>but others to shame</b><br />The word "shame" in Hebrew is "חֶרְפָּה" (cherpah), which conveys disgrace and dishonor. This indicates a state of being that is the opposite of the honor and glory associated with everlasting life. It reflects the consequences of a life lived in opposition to God's will, highlighting the moral and spiritual dimensions of the resurrection.<p><b>and everlasting contempt</b><br />"Everlasting contempt" is derived from the Hebrew "דֵּרָאוֹן עוֹלָם" (deraon olam), where "deraon" suggests abhorrence or scorn. This phrase emphasizes the eternal nature of the consequences faced by those who reject God. The use of "everlasting" for both life and contempt underscores the permanence of the final judgment, reinforcing the gravity of one's choices in life.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/daniel/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">Many</span> . . . <span class= "bld">that sleep in the dust.--</span>Literally, <span class= "ital">Many sleepers in the land of dust.</span> The word "sleep" is applied to death (<a href="/jeremiah/51-39.htm" title="In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, said the LORD.">Jeremiah 51:39</a>; comp. <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-14.htm" title="For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.">1Thessalonians 4:14</a>); while "dust" is used for the grave (<a href="/psalms/22-29.htm" title="All they that be fat on earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.">Psalm 22:29</a>). Some difficulty is presented by the use of the word "many" where "all" would have been expected. Theodoret explains it from <a href="/romans/5-15.htm" title="But not as the offense, so also is the free gift. For if through the offense of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, has abounded to many.">Romans 5:15</a>, where he observes "many" stands for "all." It is, however, more in accordance with the language to suppose that by the word "many" some contrast is implied, which is apparently between the <span class= "ital">many</span> who sleep in the dust and the comparatively small number of those who "are alive and remain." (See <a href="/john/5-28.htm" title="Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,">John 5:28</a>, &c.) It should be noted that this passage not only teaches the doctrine of a general resurrection, which had already been incidentally revealed by Daniel's contemporary, Ezekiel (<a href="/context/ezekiel/37-1.htm" title="The hand of the LORD was on me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the middle of the valley which was full of bones,">Ezekiel 37:1-4</a>), but also the facts of eternal life, and a resurrection of the unjust as well as of the just. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/daniel/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">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.</span> The Septuagint rendering is, "And many that sleep in the breadth (<span class="greek">πλάτει</span>) of the earth shall arise, some to life eternal, and some to reproach, some to dispersion (<span class="greek">διασπορὰν</span>) and eternal shame." These terms, "reproach" and "dispersion," are different attempts to render <span class="hebrew">חֲרָפות</span> (<span class="accented">haraphoth</span>), "reproaches." The differences between the above and Theodotion are merely verbal; "dispersion" is omitted, <span class="greek">χώματι</span>, "dust," is instead of <span class="greek">πλάτει</span>, The rendering of the Peshitta is, "And many of those that sleep in the dust shall awake, some to life everlasting, and some to destruction and contempt of their friends for ever." The Vulgate has a somewhat singular version of the last clause, "And many that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to life eternal, and some to contempt, in order that they may always see it (<span class="accented">ut videant semper</span>)." <span class="accented">Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth.</span> Sleep, as a symbol of death, is frequent, both in the Old Testament and the New: <a href="/psalms/13-3.htm">Psalm 13:3</a>; <a href="/job/3-13.htm">Job 3:13</a>; for the New Testament, <a href="/acts/7-60.htm">Acts 7:60</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/15-6.htm">1 Corinthians 15:6</a>. "Dust" is a common phrase for the grave: <a href="/job/7-21.htm">Job 7:21</a>; <a href="/psalms/22-30.htm">Psalm 22:30</a>; <a href="/psalms/30-10.htm">Psalm 30:10</a>; <a href="/genesis/3-19.htm">Genesis 3:19</a>. The reference here is to those who are not only dead, but buried. The phrase translated, "dust of the earth," literally means "earth of dust." The phrase is so singular that Professor Robertson Smith has suggested that instead of reading '<span class="accented">admath</span> '<span class="accented">aphar</span>, we should read '<span class="accented">armath</span> '<span class="accented">aphar</span> - <span class="accented">aram in</span> Arabic meaning a "cairn" or "mound." There is, however, as Professor Bevan remarks, no instance in Hebrew or Aramaic of such a word being in use. It is assumed that the reference here (Behrmann, etc.) is to the Jews alone; but for this assumption there is no justification. While, on the one hand, one cannot prove from this that others besides Israel shall partake in the resurrection; on the other, as little can we assert that "the Jews," at the period when this verse was written, excluded all but Jews. We cannot deduce that" many" here excludes "all." The idea suggested is rather multitudinousness. <span class="accented">Shall awake</span>, <span class="accented">sores to everlasting life</span>, <span class="accented">and some to shame and everlasting contempt.</span> This is a distinct reference to the resurrection of the body; it is those that "sleep in the dust" that shall thus "awake." It is to be noted that at the resurrection the condition of each is fixed frailly - it is to "everlasting life" and "over-lasting contempt" This resurrection is individual, not national, as shown by the contrasted fates. The doctrine of the resurrection is thus clearly stated. There is no need to examine how much the Jews of the time of the Maccabees understood of this doctrine. <a href="/isaiah/26-14.htm">Isaiah 26:14-19</a>, as clearly as does this passage, proclaims the same belief. <a href="/ezekiel/37-1.htm">Ezekiel 37:1-14</a> shows that resurrection was to the Israelites not such an incongruous or impossible idea as it was to the Greeks. But when is this? We might be led by the juxtaposition of this to the account of the sufferings of the Jews under Antiochus, to think that the writer believed the end of the world would take place immediately on the fall of Antiochus. But in the first place we must remember that we have not the vision given to Daniel; it has been replaced by the eleventh chapter. Further, the method of prophecy must be borne in mind. The future was made known in vision. If, as seems probable, distance in space from the apparent standpoint of the prophet represented distance in time from his actual or assumed chronological position, then, if the description of the vision proceeded from one side of the picture to the other, those things would be in close juxtaposition which were to be far removed from each other chronologically. Thus an astronomer may place in the same constellation stars inconceivably distant from each other - nay, may even unite as one binary star two suns, the one nearer the earth than the other by thousands of millions of miles. So our Lord correlates the destruction of Jerusalem with the end of the world. Moreover, the misery endured by the Jewish saints under Antiochus was a type of the sufferings of the people of God of every age. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/daniel/12-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And many</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרַבִּ֕ים</span> <span class="translit">(wə·rab·bîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7227.htm">Strong's 7227: </a> </span><span class="str2">Much, many, great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who sleep</span><br /><span class="heb">מִיְּשֵׁנֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(mî·yə·šê·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3463.htm">Strong's 3463: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sleeping</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the dust</span><br /><span class="heb">עָפָ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·p̄ār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6083.htm">Strong's 6083: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dust, clay, earth, mud</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the earth</span><br /><span class="heb">אַדְמַת־</span> <span class="translit">(’aḏ·maṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_127.htm">Strong's 127: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ground, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will awake,</span><br /><span class="heb">יָקִ֑יצוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·qî·ṣū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6974.htm">Strong's 6974: </a> </span><span class="str2">Arise, be awake, watch </span><br /><br /><span class="word">some</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֚לֶּה</span> <span class="translit">(’êl·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to everlasting</span><br /><span class="heb">עוֹלָ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·w·lām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> </span><span class="str2">Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always</span><br /><br /><span class="word">life,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְחַיֵּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḥay·yê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> </span><span class="str2">Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but others</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֵ֥לֶּה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’êl·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to shame</span><br /><span class="heb">לַחֲרָפ֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(la·ḥă·rā·p̄ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2781.htm">Strong's 2781: </a> </span><span class="str2">Contumely, disgrace, the pudenda</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[and] everlasting</span><br /><span class="heb">עוֹלָֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·w·lām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> </span><span class="str2">Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always</span><br /><br /><span class="word">contempt.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְדִרְא֥וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḏir·’ō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1860.htm">Strong's 1860: </a> </span><span class="str2">An object of aversion</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/daniel/12-2.htm">Daniel 12:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/daniel/12-2.htm">Daniel 12:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/daniel/12-2.htm">Daniel 12:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/daniel/12-2.htm">Daniel 12:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/daniel/12-2.htm">Daniel 12:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/daniel/12-2.htm">Daniel 12:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/daniel/12-2.htm">Daniel 12:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/daniel/12-2.htm">Daniel 12:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/daniel/12-2.htm">Daniel 12:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/daniel/12-2.htm">Daniel 12:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/daniel/12-2.htm">OT Prophets: Daniel 12:2 Many of those who sleep (Dan. 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