Daniel 12:3 (YLT)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Daniel 12:1 `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.

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.

Daniel 12:3 And those teaching do shine as the brightness of the expanse, and those justifying the multitude as stars to the age and for ever.

Daniel 12:4 And thou, O Daniel, hide the things, and seal the book till the time of the end, many do go to and fro, and knowledge is multiplied.'

Daniel 12:5 And I have looked--I, Daniel--and lo, two others are standing, one here at the edge of the flood, and one there at the edge of the flood,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "teaching", "shine", "brightness", "expanse", "justifying", "multitude", "stars", and "ever". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "teaching" and "shine", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "And the multitude of those sleeping in..." into verse 4's "And thou O Daniel hide the things...", so "teaching" and "shine" belong inside that flow. In Daniel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "teaching" and "shine" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.