Lamentations 4:9 - Revised Version 1885 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. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Those 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. American 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. Common English Bible Things were better for those stabbed by the sword than for those stabbed by famine— those who bled away, pierced, lacking food from the field. Catholic Public Domain Version TETH. 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Teth. 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. |