English Language Versions
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.
KJVP They that be slain H2491 with the sword H2719 are H1961 better H2896 than they that be slain H4480 H2491 with hunger: H7458 for these H7945 H1992 pine away, H2100 stricken through H1856 for want of the fruits H4480 H8570 of the field. H7704
YLT 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 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 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.
RV 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.
NET 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 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.