Lamentations 4:9 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769They 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. See the chapterMore versionsAmplified Bible - Classic EditionThose who are slain with the sword are more fortunate than those who are the victims of hunger [slain by the famine]; for they [the hungry] pine and ebb away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)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. See the chapterCommon English BibleThings were better for those stabbed by the sword than for those stabbed by famine— those who bled away, pierced, lacking food from the field. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain VersionTETH. It was better for those slain by the sword, than for those put to death by famine. For these waste away, being consumed by the sterility of the land. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 versionTeth. It was better with them that were slain by the sword than with them that died with hunger: for these pined away being consumed for want of the fruits of the earth. See the chapter |