Lamentations 4:9

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.

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7 Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.

8 But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.

9 Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.

10 The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

11 The LORD has exhausted His wrath; He has poured out His fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has consumed her foundations.

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Lamentations 4:9 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.
KJV King James Version: 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.
WEB World English Bible: Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through, for lack of the fruits of the field.
ASV American Standard Version: 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.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: 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.
DBY Darby Translation: 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.
WBS Webster 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.