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.
King James Version (KJV) - 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.
Berean Study Bible (BSB) - Lamentations 4:9 >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.