Lamentations 4:9
ESV
Happier were the victims of the sword than the victims of hunger, who wasted away, pierced by lack of the fruits of the field.
NIV
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.
NASB
Better off are those killed by the sword Than those killed by hunger; For they waste away, stricken By the lack of the produce of the field.
CSB
Those slain by the sword are better off than those slain by hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.
NLT
Those killed by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger. Starving, they waste away for lack of food from the fields.
KJV
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.
NKJV
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.