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Source language
Original Greek   
καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ζητήσουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι τὸν θάνατον καὶ οὐ μὴ εὑρήσουσιν αὐτόν, καὶ ἐπιθυμήσουσιν ἀποθανεῖν καὶ ⸀φεύγει ⸂ὁ θάνατος ἀπʼ αὐτῶν⸃.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
kai en tais emerais ekeinais zetesousin oi anthropoi ton thanaton kai ou me euresousin auton, kai epithumesousin apothanein kai rpheugei [?]o thanatos ap' auton[?].

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
et in diebus illis quaerent homines mortem et non invenient eam et desiderabunt mori et fugiet mors ab ipsis

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
Authorized (King James) Version   
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
New King James Version   
In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.
21st Century King James Version   
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
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.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
And in those days people will seek death and will not find it, and they will long to die and death will flee from them.
Darby Bible 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.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
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.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
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.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
And in those days people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.
God's Word   
At that time people will look for death and never find it. They will long to die, but death will escape them.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
In those days people will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.
International Standard Version   
In those days people will seek death, but never find it. They will long to die, but death will escape them.
NET Bible   
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.
New American Standard Bible   
And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them.
New International Version   
During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.
New Living Translation   
In those days people will seek death but will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them!
Webster's Bible Translation   
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
Weymouth New Testament   
And at that time people will seek death, but will by no possibility find it, and will long to die, but death evades them.
The 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.
EasyEnglish Bible   
During that time of great pain, people will want to kill themselves. They will want to die, but they will not find any way to die.
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.
New Life Version   
Men will look for ways to die during those days, but they will not find any way. They will want to die, but death will be kept from them.
Revised Geneva Translation   
Therefore, in those days, man shall seek death and shall not find it; and shall desire to die and death shall flee from them.
The Voice Bible   
During those days, people will seek any way possible to kill themselves, but death will not befriend them. They will long to die and end their miseries, but death will elude them.
Living Bible   
In those days men will try to kill themselves but won’t be able to—death will not come. They will long to die—but death will flee away!
New Catholic Bible   
During that time, these people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.
Legacy Standard Bible   
And in those days men will seek death and will never find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
And in those days men shall seek death and shall not find it and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
Christian Standard Bible   
In those days people will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
And in those days people will seek death and will not find it; and they will yearn to die, but death evades and flees from them.
New Century Version   
During those days people will look for a way to die, but they will not find it. They will want to die, but death will run away from them.
The Message   
Then out of the smoke crawled locusts with the venom of scorpions. They were given their orders: “Don’t hurt the grass, don’t hurt anything green, don’t hurt a single tree—only men and women, and then only those who lack the seal of God on their foreheads.” They were ordered to torture but not kill, torture them for five months, the pain like a scorpion sting. When this happens, people are going to prefer death to torture, look for ways to kill themselves. But they won’t find a way—death will have gone into hiding.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
In those days people will seek death but will certainly not find it. They will long to die, but death will escape them.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
And in · those days people will seek · · death but will not find it; · they will long to die, but death will flee · from them.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And in those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.
New Matthew Bible   
And in those days people will seek death, but will not find it, and will desire to die, but death will escape them.
Good News Translation®   
During those five months they will seek death, but will not find it; they will want to die, but death will flee from them.
Wycliffe Bible   
And in those days men shall seek death, and they shall not find it; and they shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
New Testament for Everyone   
In those days people will look for death, and won’t find it. They will long to die, and death will run away from them.
Contemporary English Version   
In those days people will want to die, but they will not be able to. They will hope for death, but it will escape from them.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death will fly from them.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
In those days men will seek death but they will never find it; they will long to die but death will elude them.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
And in those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
And in those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.
Common English Bible © 2011   
In those days people will seek death, but they won’t find it. They will want to die, but death will run away from them.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
And in those days people will seek death and will not find it; and they will long to die [to escape the pain], but [will discover that] death evades them.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
And in those days people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
During that time these people will seek death but will not find it, and they will long to die but death will escape them.
New American Standard Bible   
And in those days people will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death will flee from them!
The Expanded Bible   
During those days people will ·look for a way to die [L seek death], but they will not find it. They will ·want [long; desire] to die, but death will ·run away [flee] from them.
Tree of Life Version   
In those days, people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.
Revised Standard Version   
And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death will fly from them.
New International Reader's Version   
In those days, people will look for a way to die but won’t find it. They will want to die, but death will escape them.
BRG 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.
Complete Jewish Bible   
In those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
In those days people will look for death, but they will not be able to find it. They will want to die, but death will fly away from them.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
And in those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And in those days Bnei Adam will seek Mavet (Death) and by no means will find it. And they will desire to die and Mavet flees from them. [IYOV 3:21; 7:15; YIRMEYAH 8:3]
Names of God Bible   
At that time people will look for death and never find it. They will long to die, but death will escape them.
Modern English Version   
In those days men will seek death but will not find it. They will desire to die, but death will elude them.
Easy-to-Read Version   
During those days people will look for a way to die, but they will not find it. They will want to die, but death will hide from them.
International Children’s Bible   
During those days people will look for a way to die, but they will not find it. They will want to die, but death will run away from them.
Lexham English Bible   
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.
New International Version - UK   
During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
And during those days the people will seek death, and will by no means find it; and they will desire to die, and death flees from them.