Lamentations 4:9
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9Better to have been killed in battle
than killed by starvation.
Better to have died of battle wounds
than to slowly starve to death.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
In other versions
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.
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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.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Those 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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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.
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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.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
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.
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