Lamentations 4:9

Lamentations 4:9 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

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.

9Better off are those killed by the sword

Than those killed by hunger;

For they 4:9 Lit flow awaywaste away, 4:9 Lit pierced throughstricken

By the lack of the produce of the field.

9Better are those slain with the sword

Than those slain with hunger;

For they pine away, being stricken

For lack of the fruits of the field.

9Those killed with the sword

Are more fortunate than those killed with hunger;

For the hungry pine and ebb away,

For the lack of the fruits of the field.

9Those slain by the sword are better off

than those who die of hunger,

who waste away, pierced with pain

because the fields lack produce.

9Those killed by swords are better off

than those who die of hunger.

Those who are hungry waste away to nothing.

They don’t have any food from the fields.