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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.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “no more” (μὴ) before will find here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “he flees” (φεύγει) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “he will flee” (φεύξεται) before the here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inταῖςtaistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἡμέραιςhēmeraisdaysἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “days”, the to- or for-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.daysἐκείναιςekeinaisthatἐκεῖνος (ekeinos)demonstrative pronoun, dative, plural, feminine — “that”, the to- or for-formG1565that, that one there, yonder.This verse uses “that”.ζητήσουσινzētēsousinseekζητέω (zēteō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person plural — “seek”, an action still aheadG2212I seek, search for, desire, require, demand.This verse uses “seek”.seekοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἄνθρωποιanthrōpoia humanἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “a human”, the subject formG444a man, one of the human race.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.θάνατονthanatondeathθάνατος (thanatos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “death”, the object formG2288death, physical or spiritual.deathκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andοὐounotοὐadverb — “not”G3756no, not.notμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.εὑρήσουσινheurēsousinfindεὑρίσκω (heuriskō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person plural — “find”, an action still aheadG2147I find, learn, discover, especially after searching.findαὐτόνautonitαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “it”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.itκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐπιθυμήσουσινepithumēsousinshall desireἐπιθυμέω (epithumeō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person plural — “shall desire”, an action still aheadG1937I long for, covet, lust after, set the heart upon.shall desireἀποθανεῖνapothaneinto dieἀποθνῄσκω (apothnēskō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to die”, a single actionG599I am dying, am about to die, wither, decay.to dieκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andφεύγειpheugeishall fleeφεύγω (pheugō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “shall flee”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5343I flee, escape, shun.This verse uses “flee”.shall fleeὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.θάνατοςthanatosdeathθάνατοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “death”, the subject formG2288death, physical or spiritual.ἀπ’apfromἀπό (apo)preposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.fromαὐτῶνautōnthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.them

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

φεύξεταιpheuxetaishall fleeφεύγω (pheugō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “shall flee”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5343I flee, escape, shun.This verse uses “flee”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

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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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Young’s Literal Translation

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.

World English Bible

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.

Darby Translation

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.

Douay-Rheims

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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