Revelation Chapter 9 verse 6 Holy Bible
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.
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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.
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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.
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And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
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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.
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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.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 6. - And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them; shall in no wise find it... and death fleeth from them (Revised Version); οἱ ἄνθρωποι, "the men;" that is, the unsealed, who suffer this judgment. This is a characteristic biblical method of expressing great anguish. Thus Job 3:20, 21, "The bitter in soul; which long for death, but it cometh not" (cf. also Jeremiah 8:3; Job 7:15; Luke 23:30; and Revelation 6:16). The description portrays great anguish of mind, and should not be pressed to a literal interpretation, though many have illustrated the passage by pointing to actual occurrences of the kind.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) And in those days . . .--Translate, And in those days men shall seek death, and shall not find it; and they shall yearn to die, and death flees from them. The change of tense from the future ("shall seek-- shall yearn") to the present ("death flees") gives graphic force to the description. Men will seek for death in vain; they will long to die, and lo ! death is seen fleeing from them. We can see an age in which death will be regarded as a sweet respite from the tormenting trials of life: men will stretch out their hands to death as to a welcome deliverer; but behold! death is seen fleeing from them. The word translated "desire" in our English version is a strong word; it has been rendered vehemently desire: it is a passionate longing, as the yearning of the soul after one we love. There have been ages in which men have thus pined for death, in which light and life seem but mockeries to the miserable, and men "long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures" (Job 3:20-21). Such times are those which have been well called reigns of terror.