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# people will seek death but will not find it
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This can be restated to remove the abstract noun "death." Alternate translation: "people will try to find a way to die but will not find it" or "people will try to kill themselves but will not find a way to die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# will greatly desire to die
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"will want very much to die" or "will wish that they could die"
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# death will flee from them
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John speaks of death as if it were a person or animal that could run away. Alternate translation: "they will not be able to die" or "they will not die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
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