Revelation 9:6

Revelation 9:6

4 They were commanded ^anot to harm ^bthe grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have ^cthe seal of God on their foreheads.

5 And¹ they were not given authority to kill them, ^abut to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man.

6 In those days ^amen will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.

7 ^aThe shape of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. ^bOn their heads were crowns of something like gold, ^cand their faces were like the faces of men.

8 They had hair like women’s hair, and ^atheir teeth were like lions’ teeth.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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shall desire—Greek, "eagerly desire"; set their mind on.

shall flee—So B, Vulgate, Syriac, and Coptic read. But A and Aleph read, "fleeth," namely continually. In Revelation 6:16, which is at a later stage of God's judgments, the ungodly seek annihilation, not from the torment of their suffering, but from fear of the face of the Lamb before whom they have to stand.

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