NET Bible
"ט(Tet) 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."
— Lamentations 4:9, NET Bible
“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.”
“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. ”
“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.”
“Teth. It was better with them that were slain by the sword, than with them that died with hunger: for these pined away being consumed for want of the fruits of the earth.”
“Those who have been put to the sword are better off than those whose death is caused by need of food; for these come to death slowly, burned up like the fruit of the field.”
“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.”
ו(Vav) The punishment of my people exceeded that of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment with no one to help her.
ז(Zayin) Her consecrated ones were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies more ruddy than corals, their hair like lapis lazuli.
ח(Khet) Now their appearance is darker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it is dried up, like tree bark.
ט(Tet) 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.
י(Yod) The hands of tenderhearted women cooked their own children, who became their food, when my people were destroyed.
כ(Kaf) The LORD fully vented his wrath; he poured out his fierce anger. He started a fire in Zion; it consumed her foundations.
ל(Lamed) Neither the kings of the earth nor the people of the lands ever thought that enemy or foe would enter the gates of Jerusalem.