Revelation 9:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And{G2532} in{G1722} those{G1565} days{G2250} men{G444} shall{G2212} seek{G2212} death,{G2288} and{G2532} shall{G2147} in no{G3756} wise find{G2147} it;{G846} and{G2532} they shall{G2147} desire{G1937} to die,{G599} and{G2532} death{G2288} fleeth from{G575} them.{G846}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And{G2532} in{G1722} those{G1565} days{G2250} shall men{G444} seek{G2212}{(G5692)} death{G2288}, and{G2532} shall{G2147} not{G3756} find{G2147}{(G5692)} it{G846}; and{G2532} shall desire{G1937}{(G5692)} to die{G599}{(G5629)}, and{G2532} death{G2288} shall flee{G5343}{(G5695)} from{G575} them{G846}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And in those dayes shall men seke deeth and shall not fynde it and shall desyre to dye and deeth shall flye fro the.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And in those dayes shal me seke deeth, and shal not fynde it: and shal desyre to dye, and death shal flye from them.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

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

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And in those dayes shall men seke death, and shall not fynde it, and shall desire to dye, and death shall flee from them.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 8:3 : 3 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the remnant of those that remain of this evil family, who remain in all the places where I have driven them, says the LORD of hosts.
  • Rev 6:16 : 16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
  • Job 7:15-16 : 15 so that my soul chooses strangling, and death rather than my life. 16 I loathe it; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are vanity.
  • Isa 2:19 : 19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD and for the glory of His majesty, when He arises to shake the earth terribly.
  • 2 Sam 1:9 : 9 He said to me again, Stand, please, upon me, and kill me: for anguish has come upon me, because my life is still in me.
  • Job 3:20-22 : 20 Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul; 21 Who long for death, but it does not come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures; 22 Who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
  • Hos 10:8 : 8 The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: thorns and thistles shall grow on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, 'Cover us,' and to the hills, 'Fall on us.'
  • Luke 23:30 : 30 Then they will begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
  • John 4:8-9 : 8 For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. 9 Then the woman of Samaria said to him, How is it that you, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a woman of Samaria? For the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

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