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Daniel 12:2

The resurrectionEternal lifeJudgmentHope

1 “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.

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

3 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.

4 But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”

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BSB
And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
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.
WEB
Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And many of those sleeping in the soil of the dust will awake—these to life everlasting, and these to shame [and] contempt everlasting.
ÅB
Og de mange som sover i jordens muld, skal våkne opp, somme til evig liv og somme til skam og evig avsky.
OTB
Og mange av dem som sover i jordens støv skal våkne, noen til evig liv, andre til skam og evig avsky.
B1930
Og de mange som sover i jordens muld, skal våkne op, somme til evig liv og somme til skam og evig avsky.

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Cross references

  • John 5:28–29

    Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice

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  • Isaiah 26:19

    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.

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  • Matthew 25:46

    And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

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  • Ezekiel 37:12

    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.

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  • Revelation 20:12

    And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.

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  • 1 Corinthians 15:51–54

    Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—

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  • Acts 24:15

    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.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 4:14

    For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.

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