Lamentations 4:9 | |
NASB: 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. (NASB ©1995) GWT: Those who were killed with swords are better off than those who are dying from starvation. Those who were stabbed bled to death. The others are dying because there is nothing in the fields to eat. (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: 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. ASV: 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. BBE: 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. DBY: 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. JPS: 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. WBS: 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. WEB: 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. YLT: 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. | |
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