Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.
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.
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.