9Those 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.


In Context

6 The punishment of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment without a hand turned to help her.

7 Their princes were brighter than snow and whiter than milk, their bodies more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.

8 But now they are blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.

9 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.

10 With their own hands compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food when my people were destroyed.

11 The Lord has given full vent to his wrath; he has poured out his fierce anger. He kindled a fire in Zion that consumed her foundations.

Lamentations 4:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:9Teth. It was better with them that were slain by the sword, than with them that died with hunger: for these pined away being consumed for want of the fruits of the earth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:9They 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:9The slain with the sword are happier than the slain with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:9They 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 Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:9They 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:9Those 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:9Better have been the pierced of a sword Than the pierced of famine, For these flow away, pierced through, Without the increase of the field.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:9They 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.