Lamentations 4:9
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.
Context
This verse from Lamentations Chapter 4 connects to 4 cross-references. A comparison of Jerusalem's former glory with present desolation: gold has grown dim, the precious children worth their weight in gold are now valued as clay pots. Those killed by sword were better off than those who died slowly from …
Andere Übersetzungen
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.
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.
Those who have been put to the sword are better off than those whose death is caused by need of food; for these come to death slowly, burned up like the fruit of the field.
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