Lamentations 4:9

World English Bible (WEB)

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.

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7 Her nobles were purer than snow. They were whiter than milk. They were more ruddy in body than rubies. Their polishing was like sapphire.

8 Their appearance is blacker than a coal. They are not known in the streets. Their skin clings to their bones. It is withered. It has become like wood.

9 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.

10 The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children. They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

11 The LORD has accomplished his wrath. He has poured out his fierce anger. He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured its foundations.

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Lamentations 4:9 in every translation

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.
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.
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.
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.