Revelation 9:6 Parallel Translations

At that time people will look for death and never find it. They will long to die, but death will escape them.(GOD'S WORD®)

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.

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.

BBE:

And in those days men will be hoping for death, and it will not come to them; and they will have a great desire for death, and death will go in flight 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.

ERV:

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.

WEY:

And at that time people will seek death, but will by no possibility find it, and will long to die, but death evades them.

WBS:

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.

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.

Revelation 9:6 Cross References

XREF:

Job 3:21 Who long for death, but there is none, And dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

Job 7:15 So that my soul would choose suffocation, Death rather than my pains.

Jeremiah 8:3 "And death will be chosen rather than life by all the remnant that remains of this evil family, that remains in all the places to which I have driven them," declares the LORD of hosts.

Revelation 6:16 and they said to the mountains and to the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

9:6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it. So terrible will be the torment that death will be desired.

WES:

9:6 The men - That is, the men who are so tormented.

MHC:

9:1-12 Upon sounding the fifth trumpet, a star fell from heaven to the earth. Having ceased to be a minister of Christ, he who is represented by this star becomes the minister of the devil; and lets loose the powers of hell against the churches of Christ. On the opening of the bottomless pit, there arose a great smoke. The devil carries on his designs by blinding the eyes of men, by putting out light and knowledge, and promoting ignorance and error. Out of this smoke there came a swarm of locusts, emblems of the devil's agents, who promote superstition, idolatry, error, and cruelty. The trees and the grass, the true believers, whether young or more advanced, should be untouched. But a secret poison and infection in the soul, should rob many others of purity, and afterwards of peace. The locusts had no power to hurt those who had the seal of God. God's all-powerful, distinguishing grace will keep his people from total and final apostacy. The power is limited to a short season; but it would be very sharp. In such events the faithful share the common calamity, but from the pestilence of error they might and would be safe. We collect from Scripture, that such errors were to try and prove the Christians, 1Co 11:19. And early writers plainly refer this to the first great host of corrupters who overspread the Christian church.

CONC:

Death Desire Die Elude Evades Flee Flees Fleeth Flight Fly Hoping Possibility Seek Wise

Death Desire Die Elude Find Flee Flees Fleeth Fly Great Hoping Possibility Seek Time Way Wise

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