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Lamentations 4:9

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9Those slain by the sword are better off

than those slain by hunger,

who waste away, pierced with pain

because the fields lack produce.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Happier were the victims of the sword

than the victims of hunger,

who wasted away, pierced

by lack of the fruits of the field.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Those killed by the sword are better off

than those who die of famine;

racked with hunger, they waste away

for lack of food from the field.

NLTNew Living Translation

Those killed by the sword are better off

than those who die of hunger.

Starving, they waste away

for lack of food from the fields.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Happier were the victims of the sword

than the victims of famine;

they have pined away, very hungry

for the crops of my field.

KJV 1900King 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.