BibleHearthNew 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.
Lamentations 4:9
Lamentations 4:9 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
9Better off are those killed by the sword
Than those killed by hunger;
For they waste away, stricken
By the lack of the produce of the field.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
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.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Geneva Bible (GNV)
9They that be slaine with the sword are better, then they that are killed with hunger: for they fade away as they were striken through for the fruites of the fielde.
World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)
9Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger;
for these pine away, stricken through,
for lack of the fruits of the field.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
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.
EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)
9It is better for people who died in a battle
than for people who have nothing to eat.
The fields provided no crops
so people died slowly without food.
Literal Standard Version (LSV)
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.