Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 2896 [e] טוֹבִ֤ים ṭō-w-ḇîm Better Adj-mp 1961 [e] הָיוּ֙ hā-yū are V-Qal-Perf-3cp 2491 [e] חַלְלֵי־ ḥal-lê- those slain by N-mpc 2719 [e] חֶ֔רֶב ḥe-reḇ the sword N-fs 2491 [e] מֵֽחַלְלֵ֖י mê-ḥal-lê than those dying Prep-m | N-mpc 7458 [e] רָעָ֑ב rā-‘āḇ of hunger N-ms 1992 [e] שֶׁ֣הֵ֤ם še-hêm who Pro-r | Pro-3mp 2100 [e] יָז֙וּבוּ֙ yā-zū-ḇū waste away V-Qal-Imperf-3mp 1856 [e] מְדֻקָּרִ֔ים mə-ḏuq-qā-rîm from the piercing V-Pual-Prtcpl-mp 8570 [e] מִתְּנוּבֹ֖ת mit-tə-nū-ḇōṯ of produce Prep-m | N-fpc 7704 [e] שָׂדָֽי׃ס śā-ḏāy the field N-ms

Berean Study Bible
Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.

Young's Literal Translation
Better have been the pierced of a sword Than the pierced of famine{.htm" title="{">, For these flow away, pierced through, Without the increase of the field.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Those slain by the sword are better off than those slain by hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.

New American Standard Bible
Better 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.

King James Bible
[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 • Lamentations 4:9 NIV • Lamentations 4:9 NLT • Lamentations 4:9 ESV • Lamentations 4:9 NASB • Lamentations 4:9 KJV • Lamentations 4:9 Biblia Paralela • Lamentations 4:9 Chinese Bible • Lamentations 4:9 French Bible • Lamentations 4:9 German Bible

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