ASV
KJV
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.
ESV
9. Happier were the victims of the sword than the victims of hunger, who wasted away, pierced by lack of the fruits of the field.
ERVEN
9. It was better for those who were killed by the sword than for those who died of hunger. Those starving people were sad and hurt. They died because they got no food from the field.
NLT
9. 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.
WEB
9. Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger; For these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field.
NET
9. Those who died by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, those who waste away, struck down from lack of food.&u05D9; (Yod)
NLV
9. Those who are killed with the sword are better off than those killed with hunger. For they waste away, suffering because they have no fruits of the field.
HCSB
9. Those slain by the sword are better off than those slain by hunger, who waste away, pierced [with pain] because the fields lack produce.
YLT
9. 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.
LITV
9. Better are the ones slain by the sword than the ones slain by famine, those who flow away, pierced because the produce of my fields failed.
RV
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.
NCV
9. Those who were killed in the war were better off than those killed by hunger. They starve in pain and die, because there is no food from the field.
MKJV
9. Better are the ones slain by the sword than the ones slain by hunger; those who pine away, pierced because the fruits of my fields failed.
AKJV
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.
LXXEN
9. TETH. The slain with the sword were better than they that were slain with hunger: they have departed, pierced through from want of the fruits of the field.
KJV
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.
AMP
9. 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.
KJVP
9. [ They ] [ that ] [ be ] slain H2491 with the sword H2719 GFS are H1961 VQQ3MP better H2896 than [ they that be ] slain H2491 with hunger H7458 NMS : for these H7945 pine away H2100 , stricken through H1856 for [ want of ] the fruits H8570 of the field H7704 .
YLT
9. 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.
ASV
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.
WEB
9. Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger; For these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field.
NASB
9. Better for those who perish by the sword than for those who die of hunger, Who waste away, as though pierced through, lacking the fruits of the field!
ESV
9. Happier were the victims of the sword than the victims of hunger, who wasted away, pierced by lack of the fruits of the field.
RV
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.
RSV
9. Happier were the victims of the sword than the victims of hunger, who pined away, stricken by want of the fruits of the field.
NKJV
9. [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.
MKJV
9. Better are the ones slain by the sword than the ones slain by hunger; those who pine away, pierced because the fruits of my fields failed.
AKJV
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.
NRSV
9. Happier were those pierced by the sword than those pierced by hunger, whose life drains away, deprived of the produce of the field.
NIV
9. 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.
NIRV
9. Those who have been killed with swords are better off than those who have to die of hunger. Those who are hungry waste away to nothing. They don't have any food from the fields.
NLT
9. 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.
MSG
9. Better to have been killed in battle than killed by starvation. Better to have died of battle wounds than to slowly starve to death.
GNB
9. 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.
NET
9. Those who died by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, those who waste away, struck down from lack of food.&u05D9; (Yod)
ERVEN
9. It was better for those who were killed by the sword than for those who died of hunger. Those starving people were sad and hurt. They died because they got no food from the field.