KJVThey 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
1. How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. 1. Quomodo obscuratum est aurum! Mutatum est aurum bonum! Effusi sunt (vel, projecti) lapides sanctuarii in capite omnium platearum. Here Jeremiah, following…