And whiter than milk;
They were more ruddy in body than rubies,
Like sapphire in their1 appearance.
They go unrecognized in the streets;
aTheir skin clings to their bones,
It has become as dry as wood.
Than those who die of hunger;
For these apine away,
Stricken for lack of the fruits of the bfield.
Have1 cooked their bown children;
They became cfood for them
In the destruction of the daughter of my people.
aHe has poured out His fierce anger.
bHe kindled a fire in Zion,
And it has devoured its foundations.
And all inhabitants of the world,
Would not have believed
That the adversary and the enemy
Could aenter the gates of Jerusalem—
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American Standard Version
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.
Amplified® Bible
Those who are slain with the sword are more fortunate than those who are the victims of hunger [slain by the famine]; for they [the hungry] pine {and} ebb away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
Contemporary English Version
Being killed with a sword is better than slowly starving to death.
Darby English Version
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.
Good News Bible
Those who died in the war were better off than those who died later, who starved slowly to death, with no food to keep them alive.
King James Version
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.
New American Standard Bible
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.
New International Version
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.
New King James Version
Those slain by the sword are better off
Than those who die of hunger;
For these pine away,
Stricken for lack of the fruits of the field.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Better we regard those slain with the sword Than those slain with hunger; For they pine away, having become stricken For lack of the fruits of the field.
Revised Standard Version
Happier were the victims of the sword than the victims of hunger, who pined away, stricken by want of the fruits of the field.
Young's Literal Translation
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.
New English Translation
Those who died by the sword1 are better off than those who die of hunger,2 those who3 waste away,4 struck down5 from lack of6 food.7 י (Yod)
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