Lamentations 5:9
A Prayer for Restoration
8Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands. 9We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness. 10Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.
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Berean Standard Bible
We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.
American Standard Version (1901)
We get our bread at the peril of our lives,
Because of the sword of the wilderness.
Bible in Basic English
We put our lives in danger to get our bread, because of the sword of the waste land.
Douay-Rheims 1899
We fetched our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the desert.
Free Bible Version
We take our lives in our hands when we look for food, because of the armed raiders in the desert.
Geneva Bible 1599
Wee gate our bread with the perill of our liues, because of the sword of the wildernesse.
King James (Authorized) Version
We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
Translation for Translators
When we roam around in the desert searching for food, we are in danger of being killed, because people there kill strangers with their swords.
Unlocked Literal Bible
We get our bread only by risking our lives,
because of the sword in the wilderness.
Noah Webster Bible
We procured our bread with the peril of our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.
World English Bible
We get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness.
Young's Literal Translation
With our lives we bring in our bread, Because of the sword of the wilderness.