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Daniel 12:2-4
Contemporary English Version
Daniel 12:2-4
Contemporary English Version
2 (A) 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. 3 (B) Everyone who has been wise will shine as bright as the sky above, and everyone who has led others to please God will shine forever like the stars.
4 (C) Daniel, I now command you to keep the message of this book secret until the end of time, even though many people will go everywhere, searching for the knowledge to be found in it.[a]
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- 12.4 even though … in it: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
Daniel 12:2-4
New International Version
Daniel 12:2-4
New International Version
2 Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake:(A) some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.(B) 3 Those who are wise[a](C) will shine(D) like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness,(E) like the stars for ever and ever.(F) 4 But you, Daniel, roll up and seal(G) the words of the scroll until the time of the end.(H) Many will go here and there(I) to increase knowledge.”
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- Daniel 12:3 Or who impart wisdom
Daniel 12:2-4
King James Version
Daniel 12:2-4
King James Version
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 contempt.
3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
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Daniel 12:2-4
New King James Version
Daniel 12:2-4
New King James Version
2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,
(A)Some to everlasting life,
Some to shame (B)and everlasting [a]contempt.
3 Those who are wise shall (C)shine
Like the brightness of the firmament,
(D)And those who turn many to righteousness
(E)Like the stars forever and ever.
4 “But you, Daniel, (F)shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall (G)run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”
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- Daniel 12:2 Lit. abhorrence
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