Lamentations 4:9
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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.”
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