Revelation 9:6
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
KJV
καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ζητήσουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι τὸν θάνατον καὶ οὐ μὴ εὑρήσουσιν αὐτόν, καὶ ἐπιθυμήσουσιν ἀποθανεῖν καὶ φεύγει ὁ θάνατος ἀπ’ αὐτῶν.
Greek NT
Et in diebus illis quærent homines mortem, et non invenient eam : et desiderabunt mori, et fugiet mors ab eis.
Vulgate
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.
ASV
And in those days, men shall seek death and shall not find it. And they shall desire to die: and death shall fly from them.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- φεύγει — SBLGNT
- φεύγει — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- φεύξεται — Robinson-Pierpont
- ὁ θάνατος ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν — SBLGNT
- ὁ θάνατος ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν ὁ θάνατος — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Sam 1:9 — He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.
- Deut 28:67 — In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes whi
- Hos 10:8 — The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on u
- Hos 10:8 — The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on u
- Isa 2:19 — 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 ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
- Jer 8:3 — And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.
- Jer 8:3 — And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.
- Job 3:20 — Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
- Job 3:21 — Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
- Job 6:9 — Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
- Job 7:15 — So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
- Luke 23:30 — Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
- Luke 23:30 — Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
- Ps 59:11 — Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
- Rev 6:16 — And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: