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OET (OET-RV) People in those days will try to die, but won’t be able to—they will long to die, but death will run away from them.
OET-LV And in the days those, will_be_seeking the people the death, and by_no_means not they_will_be_finding it, and they_will_be_desiring to_die_off, but is_fleeing the death from them.
SR-GNT Καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις, ζητήσουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι τὸν θάνατον, καὶ οὐ μὴ εὑρήσουσιν αὐτόν, καὶ ἐπιθυμήσουσιν ἀποθανεῖν, καὶ φεύγει ὁ θάνατος ἀπʼ αὐτῶν. ‡
(Kai en tais haʸmerais ekeinais, zaʸtaʸsousin hoi anthrōpoi ton thanaton, kai ou maʸ heuraʸsousin auton, kai epithumaʸsousin apothanein, kai feugei ho thanatos apʼ autōn.)
Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT 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.
UST During the time when the locusts torture people who refuse to belong to God, those people will be in so much pain that they will want to die. But God will make sure those people stay alive to experience the punishment for their sin.
BSB In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.
BLB And in those days, men will seek death, and will not find it; and they will long to die, and death shall flee from them.
AICNT And in those days, men will seek death and will not find it, and they will desire to die, and death {flees}[fn] from them.
9:6, flees: Later manuscripts read “will flee.” BYZ TR
OEB In those days people will seek Death and will not find it; They will long to die, but Death flees 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.
NET In those days people will seek death, but will not be able to find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.
LSV 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.
FBV 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!
TCNT In those days people will seek death but will [fn]certainly not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.
9:6 certainly ¦ — TR
T4T During the time when the locusts torture rebellious people, the pain will be so bad that people will want to find a way to die, but they will not be able to [PRS].
LEB And in those days people will seek death and will never find it, and they will long to die, and death will flee from them.
BBE 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.
MOF No MOF REV book available
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.
DRA 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.
YLT 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.
DBY 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.
RV 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.
WBS And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
KJB And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
BB And in those dayes shall men seke death, and shall not fynde it, and shall desire to dye, and death shall flee from them.
(And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it, and shall desire to dye, and death shall flee from them.)
GNV Therefore in those dayes shall men seeke death, and shall not finde it, and shall desire to die, and death shall flie from them.
(Therefore in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it, and shall desire to die, and death shall flie from them. )
CB And in those dayes shal me seke deeth, and shal not fynde it: and shal desyre to dye, and death shal flye from them.
(And in those days shall me seek death, and shall not find it: and shall desyre to dye, and death shall flee from them.)
TNT And in those dayes shall men seke deeth and shall not fynde it and shall desyre to dye and deeth shall flye from them.
(And in those days shall men seek death and shall not find it and shall desyre to dye and death shall flee from them. )
WYC And in tho daies men schulen seke deth, and thei schulen not fynde it; and thei schulen desire to die, and deth schal fle fro hem.
(And in tho days men should seek death, and they should not find it; and they should desire to die, and death shall flee from them.)
LUT Und in denselbigen Tagen werden die Menschen den Tod suchen und nicht finden; werden begehren zu sterben, und der Tod wird von ihnen fliehen.
(And in denselbigen Tagen become the Menschen the Tod suchen and not finden; become begehren to dien, and the Tod becomes from ihnen fliehen.)
CLV Et in diebus illis quærent homines mortem, et non invenient eam: et desiderabunt mori, et fugiet mors ab eis.[fn]
(And in days illis quærent homines mortem, and not/no invenient eam: and desiderabunt mori, and fugiet mors away eis.)
9.6 Et fugiet mors ab eis. Quia cura gregis eos astringit labori.
9.6 And fugiet mors away eis. Quia cura gregis them astringit labori.
UGNT καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις, ζητήσουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι τὸν θάνατον, καὶ οὐ μὴ εὑρήσουσιν αὐτόν, καὶ ἐπιθυμήσουσιν ἀποθανεῖν, καὶ φεύγει ὁ θάνατος ἀπ’ αὐτῶν.
(kai en tais haʸmerais ekeinais, zaʸtaʸsousin hoi anthrōpoi ton thanaton, kai ou maʸ heuraʸsousin auton, kai epithumaʸsousin apothanein, kai feugei ho thanatos ap’ autōn.)
SBL-GNT καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ζητήσουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι τὸν θάνατον καὶ οὐ μὴ εὑρήσουσιν αὐτόν, καὶ ἐπιθυμήσουσιν ἀποθανεῖν καὶ ⸀φεύγει ⸂ὁ θάνατος ἀπʼ αὐτῶν⸃.
(kai en tais haʸmerais ekeinais zaʸtaʸsousin hoi anthrōpoi ton thanaton kai ou maʸ heuraʸsousin auton, kai epithumaʸsousin apothanein kai ⸀feugei ⸂ho thanatos apʼ autōn⸃. )
TC-GNT Καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις [fn]ζητήσουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι τὸν θάνατον, καὶ [fn]οὐ μὴ εὑρήσουσιν αὐτόν· καὶ ἐπιθυμήσουσιν ἀποθανεῖν, καὶ [fn]φεύξεται [fn]ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν ὁ θάνατος.
(Kai en tais haʸmerais ekeinais zaʸtaʸsousin hoi anthrōpoi ton thanaton, kai ou maʸ heuraʸsousin auton; kai epithumaʸsousin apothanein, kai feuxetai ap᾽ autōn ho thanatos.)
9:6 ζητησουσιν ¦ ζητουσιν PCK
9:6 ου μη ¦ ουχ TR
9:6 φευξεται ¦ φευγει CT
9:6 απ αυτων ο θανατος ¦ ο θανατος απ αυτων Αν CT TR
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
9:1-21 The fifth and sixth trumpets demonstrate how God’s judgment affects the people of the world and detail how futile it is to resist God. While these judgments should lead to repentance, they do not. Sin has such control over people that they choose to worship the evil forces that torture and murder them rather than repent and turn to God.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις
in ¬the days those
John is using the term days to refer to a specific time. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “at that time”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
ζητήσουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι τὸν θάνατον, καὶ οὐ μὴ εὑρήσουσιν αὐτόν, καὶ ἐπιθυμήσουσιν ἀποθανεῖν, καὶ φεύγει ὁ θάνατος ἀπ’ αὐτῶν
/will_be/_seeking ¬the people ¬the death and by_no_means not ˱they˲_/will_be/_finding it and ˱they˲_/will_be/_desiring /to/_die_off but /is/_fleeing ¬the death from them
These two phrases mean similar things. John is using repetition to emphasize the idea that the phrases express. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could combine the phrases. Alternate translation: “even though people will want very much to die, they will not be able to die”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
τὸν θάνατον
¬the death
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of death, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “to die”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
φεύγει ὁ θάνατος ἀπ’ αὐτῶν
/is/_fleeing ¬the death from them
John is speaking figuratively of death as if it were a living thing that could run away or flee. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “they will not be able to die”