Lamentations 4:9New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— 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 Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— [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.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— 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.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— 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.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— [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.
Darby's Translation (DBY 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.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Better are the slain of the sword, than the slain of the famine,—for, these, pine away, stricken through, wanting the produce of the field.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— 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.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Teth. It was better with them that were slain by the sword, than with them that died with hunger: for these pined away being consumed for want of the fruits of the earth.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— 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.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— They that bee slaine with the sword, are better then they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for [want] of the fruits of the field.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Those who were slain by the sword are better than those who are slain with hunger; for these pine away, like those who are wounded and thrown in the field.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— TETH. The slain with the sword were better than they that were slain with hunger: they have departed, pierced through from [want of] the fruits of the field.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— [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. |
[ They that be] slain
2491 {2491} Primeחָלָלchalal{khaw-lawl'}
From H2490; pierced (especially to death); figuratively polluted.
with the sword
2719 {2719} Primeחֶרֶבchereb{kheh'-reb}
From H2717; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.
are
x1961 (1961) Complementהָיָהhayah{haw-yaw'}
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary).
better
2896 {2896} Primeטוֹבtowb{tobe}
From H2895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural ( good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb ( well).
than [ they that be] slain
2491 {2491} Primeחָלָלchalal{khaw-lawl'}
From H2490; pierced (especially to death); figuratively polluted.
x4480 (4480) Complementמִןmin{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
with hunger:
7458 {7458} Primeרָעָבra`ab{raw-awb'}
From H7456; hunger (more or less extensive).
for these
1992 {1992} Primeהֵםhem{haym}
Masculine plural from H1931; they (only used when emphatic).
x7945 (7945) Complementשֶׁלshel{shel}
For the relative H0834; used with prepositional prefix, and often followed by some pronoun affixed; on account of, what soever, which soever.
pine away,
2100 {2100} Primeזוּבzuwb{zoob}
A primitive root; to flow freely (as water), that is, (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively to waste away; also to overflow.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
stricken
y1856 [1856] Standardדָּקַרdaqar{daw-kar'}
A primitive root; to stab; by analogy to starve; figuratively to revile.
z8794 <8794> Grammar
Stem - Pual (See H8849) Mood - Participle (See H8813) Count - 194
through
x1856 (1856) Complementדָּקַרdaqar{daw-kar'}
A primitive root; to stab; by analogy to starve; figuratively to revile.
for [ want of] the fruits
8570
x4480 (4480) Complementמִןmin{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
of the field.
7704 {7704} Primeשָׂדֶהsadeh{saw-deh'}
From an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat). |
Lamentations 4:9
Teth
_ _ The speedy death by the sword is better than the lingering death by famine.
_ _ pine away — literally, “flow out”; referring to the flow of blood. This expression, and “stricken through,” are drawn from death by “the sword.”
_ _ want of ... fruits — The words in italics have to be supplied in the original (Genesis 18:28; Psalms 109:24). |
Lamentations 4:9
[They that are] slain with the sword are better than [they that are] slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for [lack of] the (f) fruits of the field.
(f) For lack of food they pine away and consume. |
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Leviticus 26:39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
Ezekiel 24:23 And your tires [shall be] upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.
Ezekiel 33:10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins [be] upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?
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