[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.
Jewish Publication Society of America Version (JPS1917) - 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 want of the fruits of the field.