Lamentations 4:9

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.

King James Version
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Other Translations for Lamentations 4:9

BSB
Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.
AKJV
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.
CPDV
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.
ERV
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.
NHEB
Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger; those who waste away, pierced through, for lack of the fruits of the field.
SMT
Those wounded by the sword were good above those wounded by famine: these will flow away, being thrust through from the produce of the field.

Commentary for Lamentations 4:9

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Overview of Lamentations 4:9
Summary
Death by combat preferable to starvation's torment
Event
Comparing forms of death
Estimated Time Period
c. 586 BC
Category
Lament