Daniel 12:2

'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.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1'And at that time stand up doth Michael, the great head, who is standing up for the sons of thy people, and there hath been a time of distress, such as hath not been since there hath been a nation till that time, and at that time do thy people escape, every one who is found written in the book.

3And those teaching do shine as the brightness of the expanse, and those justifying the multitude as stars to the age and for ever.

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Cross References

Proverbs 12:8According to his wisdom is a man praised, And the perverted of heart becometh despised.

Isaiah 66:24And they have gone forth, And looked on the carcases of the men Who are transgressing against me, For their worm dieth not, And their fire is not quenched, And they have been an abhorrence to all flesh!

Ezekiel 37:1There hath been upon me a hand of Jehovah, and He taketh me forth in the Spirit of Jehovah, and doth place me in the midst of the valley, and it is full of bones,

Hosea 13:14From the hand of Sheol I do ransom them, From death I redeem them, Where [is] thy plague, O death? Where thy destruction, O Sheol? Repentance is hid from Mine eyes.

Matthew 25:46And these shall go away to punishment age-during, but the righteous to life age-during.'

John 11:23Jesus saith to her, 'Thy brother shall rise again.'

Matthew Henry on Daniel 12:2-5

The Promised Appearance of Michael; The Prophecy Sealed Up. ( b. c. 534.) 1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which 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. 2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting… Read the whole commentary →

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