Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Lamentations 5:9
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Berean Standard Bible
We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.
King James Version
We gat 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.
American Standard Version
We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Lamentations 5
7 Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
8 Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.
9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.
10 Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.
11 Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.
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