Lamentations 5:9

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.

In context

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.

BSB Berean Standard Bible: We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.
KJV King James Version: We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
WEB World English Bible: We get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness.
ASV American Standard Version: We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: With our lives we bring in our bread, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
DBY Darby Translation: We have to get our bread at the risk of our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.
WBS Webster Bible: We procured our bread with the peril of our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.