Lamentations 4:9
▸ Hear this chapter, lit word by wordThey 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.
— Lamentations 4:9, King James Version
In other translations
World English Bible (WEB)
Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger; For these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
Better have been the pierced of a sword Than the pierced of famine, For these flow away, pierced through, Without the increase of the field.