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Revelation 9:6

SufferingDeath and loss

4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.

5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.

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

7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.

8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.

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BSB
In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape 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.
WEB
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.
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; and they will long to die, and death flees from them.
ÅB
Og i de dager skal menneskene søke døden og ikke finne den, og stunde etter å få dø, og døden skal flykte fra dem.
OTB
I de dager skal folk søke døden, men ikke finne den; de skal lengte etter å dø, men døden skal unnslippe dem.
B1930
Og i de dager skal menneskene søke døden og ikke finne den, og stunde efter å få dø, og døden skal fly fra dem.

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Cross references

  • Luke 23:30

    Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.

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  • Jeremiah 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.

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  • Revelation 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:

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  • Isaiah 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.

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  • Hosea 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 us.

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  • Job 7:15–16

    So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

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  • Job 3:20–22

    Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

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  • 2 Samuel 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.

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