Cross-referencesExplore similar Bible verses on Revelation 9:6 in English Standard Version "And in those days people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them." Job 3:21 who long for death, but it comes not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,Job 7:15 so that I would choose strangling and death rather than my bones.Job 7:16 I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.Jer 8:3 Death shall be preferred to life by all the remnant that remains of this evil family in all the places where I have driven them, declares the LORD of hosts.