Lamentations · אֵיכָה

Lamentations 4:9

טוֹבִ֗ים הָי֤וּ חַלְלֵי חֶ֙רֶב֙ מֵחַלְלֵ֣י רָעָ֔ב שֶׁ֚הֵם יָז֔וּבוּ מְדֻקָּרִ֖ים מִתְּנוּבֹ֥ת שָׂדָֽי׃
ṭvobiym hayv ḥalley ḥereb meḥalley raʿab shehem yazvbv mduqariym mitnvbot shaday
King James Version (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.

Modern English

Happier were the victims of the sword than the victims of hunger, who wasted away, pierced by lack of the fruits of the field.

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