Lamentations 4:9

“They that bee slaine with the sword, are better then they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.”

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Other Translations for Lamentations 4:9

[They that be] slain with the sword are better than [they that be] slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for [want of] the fruits of the field.
- King James Version

Better are those slain with the sword Than those slain with hunger; For they pine away, being stricken For lack of the fruits of the field.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

They that are slain with the sword are better than they that are slain with hunger; For these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field.
- American Standard Version (1901)

Those who have been put to the sword are better off than those whose death is caused by need of food; for these come to death slowly, burned up like the fruit of the field.
- Basic English Bible

The slain with the sword are happier than the slain with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
- Darby Bible

They that are slain with the sword are better than they that are slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
- Webster's Bible

Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger; For these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field.
- World English Bible

Better have been the pierced of a sword Than the pierced of famine, For these flow away, pierced through, Without the increase of the field.
- Youngs Literal Bible

They that are slain with the sword are better than they that are slain with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

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