Lamentations 4:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Lamentations 4:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Lamentations 4:9 in 6 Bible Translations
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Lamentations 4:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Those 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.”
Lamentations 4:9 — World English Bible
Lamentations 4:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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.”
Lamentations 4:9 — American Standard Version
Lamentations 4:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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.”
Lamentations 4:9 — Young's Literal Translation
Lamentations 4:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“The 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.”
Lamentations 4:9 — Darby Translation
Lamentations 4:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“They 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.”
Lamentations 4:9 — Geneva Bible
Lamentations 4:9 in Context — Lamentations 4
7 Sus Nazareos fueron blancos más que la nieve, más lustrosos que la leche, su compostura más rubicunda que los rubíes, más bellos que el zafiro:
8 Oscura más que la negrura es la forma de ellos; no los conocen por las calles: su piel está pegada á sus huesos, seca como un palo.
9 Más dichosos fueron los muertos á cuchillo que los muertos del hambre; porque éstos murieron poco á poco por falta de los frutos de la tierra.
10 Las manos de las mujeres piadosas cocieron á sus hijos; fuéronles comida en el quebrantamiento de la hija de mi pueblo.
11 Cumplió Jehová su enojo, derramó el ardor de su ira; y encendió fuego en Sión, que consumió sus fundamentos.
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What Does Lamentations 4:9 Mean?
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