Lam Lamentations, chapter Book of Lamentations, chapter 4
[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.
Klaagliederen 4:9 in verschillende vertalingen
Engels
KJV (66 books)
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.
ASV
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.
BSB
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.
DRA
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.
FBV
Those killed by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who slowly waste away in agony because the fields produce no crops.
GNV
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.
LSV
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.
NIV (US)
Those killed by the sword are better off than those who die of famine; racked with hunger, they waste away for lack of food from the field.
OJB
They that are slain with the cherev are better than they that are slain with hunger; for these pine away, being pierced for want of the increase of the sadeh.
T4T
It is better to die in a battle [MTY] than to die of hunger. There was no food to harvest in the fields, so the people slowly starved until they died.
WEB (US)
Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through, for lack of the fruits of the field.
Nederlands
Canisius
Die het zwaard had doorboord, voeren beter, Dan die door de honger werden gekweld, Zij versmachtten en werden gemarteld, Omdat ze geen veldvruchten oogstten.