Revelation 9:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Revelation 9:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And in those days shall men seek death ... - See the notes on Revelation 9:5 . It is very easy to conceive of such a state of things as is here described, and, indeed, this has not been very unc...
Revelation 9:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Fifth Trumpet or the First Woe. The seer sees a star fallen on the earth. The star seems to represent a person, possibly Satan ( cf. Luke 10:18 ). abyss: the word properly means bottomless,...
Revelation 9:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

seek. As in Romans 2:7 . not. The texts read "in nowise", the strong negative. App-105. shall flee . fleeth.
Revelation 9:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. In those days shall men seek death - So distressing shall be their sufferings a...
Revelation 9:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But that they should be tormented five months, &c.— But that they should torment, &c. one hundred and fifty years, from the year 612 to the year 762. See on Revelation 9:10 . As the Sara...
Revelation 9:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. Shall desire, х epithumeesousin ( G1937 )] - set their mind on....
Revelation 9:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Fifth and Sixth Trumpets These herald woes upon the ungodly and idolatrous, inflicted both by demonic and by human agency. 1-12. The fifth trumpet initiates the first of the three woes. A s...
Revelation 9:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And in those days ... — Translate, And in those days men shall seek death, and shall not find it; and they shall yearn to die, and death flees from them. The change of tense from the future (“shal...
Revelation 9:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Out of the Smoke of the Pit” Revelation 9:1-11 This chapter reminds us of the prophet Joel who, under the imagery of a swarm of locusts, depicted the coming invasion of hostile nations. Whethe...
Revelation 9:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

At the sounding of the fifth trumpet the procedure of judgment takes a new form, passing from the material to the spiritual. The loosing of Satan is suggestive of the manifestation of satanic agency...
Revelation 9:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. (2) And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke ou...
Revelation 9:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And in those days men shall seek death ,.... Or desire to die, as Job did: and shall not find it ; or shall not die: and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them ; death will be prefe...
Revelation 9:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. Ver. 6. Shall men seek death ] Being brought through anguish of conscience,...
Revelation 9:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And it was commanded that they should not hurt the grass, &c. This verse demonstrates that they were not natural, but symbolical locusts. The like injunctions were given to the Arabian officers...
Revelation 9:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The Fifth Trumpet: A Demon Infestation (vv. 1-12) The sounding of the fifth trumpet discloses "a star fallen from heaven:" it is already fallen (v. 1). This is the same star that fell under...
Revelation 9:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Seven Trumpets. A. D. 95. 1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven...
Revelation 9:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The calamities of those days shall be so great, that men shall be weary of their lives.
Revelation 9:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And it was given to them that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man. And in those days...
Revelation 9:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE FIFTH AND SIXTH WOE-TRUMPETS CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Revelation 9:1 . Fall .—Better, “fallen”; that had fallen. A star would seem to represent a false teacher. Some think Mahomet is...
Revelation 9:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Revelation 9:1 . The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star, the vile impostor Mahomed, fall from heaven unto the earth. And to him was given the key of the bottomless pit: it should read, the ke...
Revelation 9:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Revelation 9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth; a star from heaven fallen unto the earth (Revised Version); not saw a star fal...
Revelation 9:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The plague of the locusts:
Revelation 9:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 1:9 ; Hosea 10:8 ; Isaiah 2:19 ; Jeremiah 8:3 ; Job 3:20-22 ; Job 7:15 ; Job 7:16 ; John 4:8 ; John 4:9 ; Luke 23:30 ; Revelation 6:16
Revelation 9:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The men — That is, the men who are so tormented.

Revelation 9:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Revelation 9:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 9:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Revelation 9:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Revelation 9:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Revelation 9:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Revelation 9:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 9:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Revelation 9:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Revelation 9:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Revelation 9:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Revelation 9:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Revelation 9:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Revelation 9:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Revelation 9:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 9:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Revelation 9:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Revelation 9:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 9:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Revelation 9:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Revelation 9:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Revelation 9:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Revelation 9:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Revelation 9:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes