Revelation 9:6

9:6 In ¹  those days people ²  will seek death, but ³  will not be able to ⁴  find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.

Revelation 18:14

18:14 (The ripe fruit ⁵  you greatly desired ⁶ 

has gone from you,

and all your luxury ⁷  and splendor ⁸ 

have gone from you –

they will never ever be found again!) ⁹ 

[9:6]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[9:6]  ² tn Grk “men”; but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used in a generic sense here of both men and women.

[9:6]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[9:6]  ⁴ tn The phrase “not be able to” was used in the translation to emphasize the strong negation (οὐ μή, ou mh) in the Greek text.

[18:14]  ⁵ tn On ὀπώρα (opwra) L&N 3.34 states, “ἡ ὀπώρα σου τῆς ἐπιθυμίας τῆς ψυχῆς ‘the ripe fruit for which you longed’ Re 18:14. In this one occurrence of ὀπώρα in the NT, ‘ripe fruit’ is to be understood in a figurative sense of ‘good things.’”

[18:14]  ⁶ tn Grk “you desired in your soul.”

[18:14]  ⁷ tn On λιπαρός (liparo") BDAG 597 s.v. states, “luxury Rv 18:14.”

[18:14]  ⁸ tn On τὰ λαμπρά (ta lampra) BDAG 585 s.v. λαμπρός 4 states, “splendor…in which a rich man takes delight (cp. Jos., Ant. 12, 220 δωρεὰς δοὺς λαμπράς) Rv 18:14.”

[18:14]  ⁹ tn Verse 14 is set in parentheses because in it the city, Babylon, is addressed directly in second person.