Lamentations 4:9–10
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9Those who have been killed with swords are better off
than those who have to die of hunger.
Those who are hungry waste away to nothing.
They don’t have any food from the fields.
10With their own hands, loving mothers
have had to cook even their own children.
They ate their children
when my people were destroyed.
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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.
The hands of compassionate women
have boiled their own children;
they became their food
during the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
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.
With their own hands compassionate women
have cooked their own children,
who became their food
when my people were destroyed.
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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.
The hands of compassionate women
have cooked their own children;
they became their food
during the destruction of my dear people.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
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.
Tenderhearted women
have cooked their own children.
They have eaten them
to survive the siege.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
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.
The hands of compassionate women,
have cooked their children;
they became as something to eat
in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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.
The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children:
They were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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