Revelation 9:6

In 9 translations

BSB

In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.

KJV

And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

WEB

In those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and death will flee from them.

ASV

And in those days men shall seek death, and shall in no wise find it; and they shall desire to die, and death fleeth from them.

LSV

and in those days men will seek death and they will not find it, and they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.

YLT

and in those days shall men seek the death, and they shall not find it, and they shall desire to die, and the death shall flee from them.

DBY

And in those days shall men seek death, and shall in no way find it; and shall desire to die, and death flees from them.

DRC

And in those days men shall seek death, and shall not find it: and they shall desire to die, and death shall fly from them.

GNV

Therefore in those dayes shall men seeke death, and shall not finde it, and shall desire to die, and death shall flie from them.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ζητήσουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι τὸν θάνατον καὶ οὐ μὴ εὑρήσουσιν αὐτόν, καὶ ἐπιθυμήσουσιν ἀποθανεῖν καὶ φεύγει ὁ θάνατος ἀπʼ αὐτῶν.

RP2018

Καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ζητήσουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι τὸν θάνατον, καὶ οὐ μὴ εὑρήσουσιν αὐτόν· καὶ ἐπιθυμήσουσιν ἀποθανεῖν, καὶ φεύξεται ἀπ’ αὐτῶν ὁ θάνατος.

TR-Boyd

Καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ζητήσουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι τὸν θάνατον, καὶ οὐχ εὑρήσουσιν αὐτόν· καὶ ἐπιθυμήσουσιν ἀποθανεῖν, καὶ φεύξεται ὁ θάνατος ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν.

SCR1894

και εν ταις ημεραις εκειναις ζητησουσιν οι ανθρωποι τον θανατον και ουχ ευρησουσιν αυτον και επιθυμησουσιν αποθανειν και φευξεται ο θανατος απ αυτων

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Cross-references most cited first

• Jeremiah 8:3And wherever I have banished them, the remnant of this evil family will choose death over life,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
• Luke 23:30At that time ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’
• Revelation 6:16And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.
• Isaiah 2:19Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
• Hosea 10:8The high places of Aven will be destroyed— it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
• Job 7:15–16so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body. I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
• Job 3:20–22Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul, who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure, who rejoice and greatly exult when they can find the grave?
• 2 Samuel 1:9Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’
• John 4:8–9(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) “You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)

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