Lamentations 4:9
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 4:9 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 4:9 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 4:9 — 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. pine...: Heb. flow out”
— Lamentations 4:9 (KJV)
Lamentations 4:9 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 4:9
“Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up. put...: Heb. bore out”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 4:9: these, field, heb
“But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. for himself: Heb. for his life”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 4:9: better, than, away
“If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she. If it...: Heb. If it be good with the king unto...: Heb. unto her companion from him: Heb. from before him be not...: Heb. pass not away”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 4:9: better, than, away
“While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. fell: Heb. rushed”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 4:9: slain, sword, away
“Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. wisely: Heb. out of wisdom”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 4:9: better, than, these
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