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.
BBE: 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.
DBY: The slain with the sword are happier than the slain with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
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.
JPS: 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.
WBS: 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.
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.
