Revelation 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.

biblegateway Rev 9:6

During those days men will seek death, but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.

biblegateway Rev 9:6

And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them.

biblegateway Rev 9:6

In those days people will seek death but will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee away!

biblegateway Rev 9:6

When this happens, people are going to prefer death to torture, look for ways to kill themselves. But they won't find a way--death will have gone into hiding.

SABDAweb Rev 9:6

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.

bibleoremus Rev 9:6

And in those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.

biblegateway Rev 9:6

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

biblegateway Rev 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.

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

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

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

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.