Daniel 12:1–3

12:1 “At that time Michael,

the great prince who watches over your people,1

will arise.2

There will be a time of distress

unlike any other from the nation’s beginning3

up to that time.

But at that time your own people,

all those whose names are4 found written in the book,

will escape.

12:2 Many of those who sleep

in the dusty ground will awake—

some to everlasting life,

and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence.5

12:3 But the wise will shine

like the brightness of the heavenly expanse.

And those bringing many to righteousness

will be like the stars forever and ever.

1	tn Heb “stands over the sons of your people.”
2	tn Heb “will stand up.”
3	tn Or “from the beginning of a nation.”
4	tn The words “whose names are” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.
5	sn This verse is the only undisputed reference to a literal resurrection found in the Hebrew Bible.