Revelation 9:6
Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.) Revelation 9:6 appears in the Greek New Testament. The text above is from the Tischendorf 8th edition. Each word links to its Strong’s number and a concise gloss. Click any word for its full Thayer’s Greek Lexicon entry.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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World English Bible Public Domain
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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King James Version Public Domain
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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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And in those days, men will seek death, but they will certainly not find it, and they will long to die, but death flees from them.
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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
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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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.
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King James Version Public Domain
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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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
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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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
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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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
Therefore in those dayes shall men seeke death, and shall not finde it, and shall desire to die, and death shall flie from them.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
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.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
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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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
and in those days men will seek death and they will not find it, and they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
In those days people will seek death, but will not find it. They will greatly desire to die, but death will flee from them.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And in those days, men will seek death, but they will certainly not find it, and they will long to die, but death flees from them.
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Darby Bible Public Domain
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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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
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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Webster's Bible Public Domain
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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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
During that time people will look for death, but won't find it; they will want to die, but death will run away from them!
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
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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Text-Critical English NT CC BY 4.0
In those days people will seek death but will certainly not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.
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Tyndale New Testament (1534) Public Domain
And in those dayes shall men seke deeth and shall not fynde it and shall desyre to dye and deeth shall flye from them.
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- Appears 16× in the Greek New Testament
- First appears at Matthew 5:28
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Tense
- Future
- Voice
- Active
- Mood
- Indicative
- Person
- 3rd person
- Number
- Plural
Full Thayer's Definition
- καὶ kaí G2532 “and” Conjunction
- ἐν en G1722 “in” Preposition
- ταῖς ho G3588 “the” Article, Dative, Plural, Feminine
- ἡμέραις hēméra G2250 “day” Noun, Dative, Plural, Feminine
- ἐκείναις ekeînos G1565 “that one” Demonstrative pronoun, Dative, Plural, Feminine
- ζητήσουσιν zētéō G2212 “to seek” Verb, Future, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural
- οἱ ho G3588 “the” Article, Nominative, Plural, Masculine
- ἄνθρωποι ánthrōpos G444 “human being” Noun, Nominative, Plural, Masculine
- τὸν ho G3588 “the” Article, Accusative, Singular, Masculine
- θάνατον thánatos G2288 “death” Noun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine
- καὶ kaí G2532 “and” Conjunction
- οὐ ou G3756 “not” Particle, Negative
- μὴ mḗ G3361 “not” Particle, Negative
- εὑρήσουσιν heurískō G2147 “to find” Verb, Future, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural
- αὐτόν autós G846 “he” Personal pronoun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine
- καὶ kaí G2532 “and” Conjunction
- ἐπιθυμήσουσιν epithyméō G1937 “to desire” Verb, Future, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural
- ἀποθανεῖν apothnḗskō G599 “to die” Verb, Aorist, Active, Infinitive
- καὶ kaí G2532 “and” Conjunction
- φεύγει pheúgō G5343 “to flee” Verb, Present, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular
- ὁ ho G3588 “the” Article, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- θάνατος thánatos G2288 “death” Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- ἀπ’ apó G575 “from” Preposition
- αὐτῶν autós G846 “he” Personal pronoun, Genitive, Plural, Masculine
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 24
- words
- 16
- distinct lemmas
- Revelation
- section
Cross-references
8Topical passages linked to Revelation 9:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Luke 23:30 Then they will begin to tell the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and tell the hills, 'Cover us.'
- Jeremiah 8:3 Death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places where I have driven them, says Yahweh of Hosts.
- Revelation 6:16 They told the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,
- Isaiah 2:19 Men shall go into the caves of the rocks, And into the holes of the earth, From before the terror of Yahweh, And from the glory of his majesty, When he arises to shake the earth mightily.
- Hosea 10:8 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed. The thorn and the thistle will come up on their altars. They will tell the mountains, "Cover us!" and the hills, "Fall on us!"
- Job 7:15–16 So that my soul chooses strangling, Death rather than my bones.
- Job 3:20–22 "Why is light given to him who is in misery, Life to the bitter in soul,
- 2 Samuel 1:9 He said to me, Stand, I pray you, beside me, and kill me; for anguish has taken hold of me, because my life is yet whole in me.
Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
Lesson kit
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Revelation, in the Revelation, opens this verse with 24 words (16 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is epithyméō (“to desire”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- The word epithyméō carries the sense “to desire.” How does it shape the verse?
- Matthew 5:28 shares the word «to desire» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
- “death” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
- These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
- Reading how Meyer's Critical & Exegetical Commentary and Expositor's Greek Testament read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?
Things to notice
- These translations choose different wording for 10 words in this verse.
- “death” occurs 2× in this single verse.
- 16 distinct Greek lemmas span 24 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Revelation 9:6 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →
Meyer's Critical & Exegetical Commentary
Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer
Meyer — Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament — English translation by Peter Christie, edited by Frederick Crombie (T&T Clark, 1880) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Expositor's Greek Testament
ed. W. Robertson Nicoll
The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
Daniel D. Whedon
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
The People's New Testament
B. W. Johnson
B. W. Johnson's The People's New Testament with Notes (1889–1891) — public domain. Electronic text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) ThML edition.
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament
Marvin R. Vincent
Marvin R. Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament (1887–1900) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.