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 Seus nazireus eram mais alvos que a neve, mais brancos que o leite. Seus corpos eram mais avermelhados que rubis, [e] mais polidos que a safira;
8 [Mas agora] sua aparência se escureceu mais que o carvão; não são mais reconhecidos nas ruas; sua pele está apegada a seus ossos, ficou seca como um pau.
9 Mais felizes foram os mortos pela espada do que os mortos pela fome; porque estes se abatem traspassados pela [falta] dos frutos do campo.
10 As mãos das mulheres compassivas cozeram a seus filhos; serviram-lhes de comida na destruição da filha de meu povo.
11 O SENHOR cumpriu o seu furor, derramou o ardor de sua ira; e acendeu fogo em Sião, que consumiu seus fundamentos.
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What Does Lamentations 4:9 Mean?
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