Revelation 9:6
In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.
BSB
Parallel translations (2) ▾
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.
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.
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Commentary
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24 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| Καὶ | Kai | And | G2532 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| ταῖς | tais | the | G3588 → |
| ἡμέραις | hēmerais | days | G2250 → |
| ἐκείναις | ekeinais | those | G1565 → |
| ζητήσουσιν | zētēsousin | will seek | G2212 → |
| οἱ | hoi | <the> | G3588 → |
| ἄνθρωποι | anthrōpoi | men | G444 → |
| τὸν | ton | <the> | G3588 → |
| θάνατον | thanaton | death | G2288 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| οὐ | ou | certainly | G3756 → |
| μὴ | mē | no more | G3361 → |
| εὑρήσουσιν | heurēsousin | will find | G2147 → |
| αὐτόν· | auton | it; | G846 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ἐπιθυμήσουσιν | epithumēsousin | they will long | G1937 → |
| ἀποθανεῖν, | apothanein | to die, | G599 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| φεύγει | pheugei | he flees | G5343 → |
| ὁ | ho | <the> | G3588 → |
| θάνατος | thanatos | death | G2288 → |
| ἀπ᾽ | ap᾽ | from | G575 → |
| αὐτῶν. | autōn | them. | G846 → |
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