Revelation 5:3

5:3 But ¹  no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look into it.

Revelation 9:6

9:6 In ²  those days people ³  will seek death, but ⁴  will not be able to ⁵  find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.

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¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

² tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

³ tn Grk “men”; but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used in a generic sense here of both men and women.

⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

⁵ tn The phrase “not be able to” was used in the translation to emphasize the strong negation (οὐ μή, ou mh) in the Greek text.