Lamentations
King James Version (KJV)
Lamentations 5:9
“We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.”
King James Version (KJV)
Lamentations 5:9 Context
6We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. 7Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities. 8Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand. 9We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness. 10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine. 11They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah. 12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
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Other Translations
We gate our bread with the perill of our liues, because of the sword of the wildernesse.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
We get our bread at the risk of our lives Because of the sword in the wilderness.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
- American Standard Version (1901)
We put our lives in danger to get our bread, because of the sword of the waste land.
- Basic English Bible
We have to get our bread at the risk of our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.
- Darby Bible
We procured our bread with the peril of our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.
- Webster's Bible
We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
- World English Bible
With our lives we bring in our bread, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
- Youngs Literal Bible
We get our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
We get our bread at the risk of our lives Because of the sword in the wilderness.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
- American Standard Version (1901)
We put our lives in danger to get our bread, because of the sword of the waste land.
- Basic English Bible
We have to get our bread at the risk of our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.
- Darby Bible
We procured our bread with the peril of our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.
- Webster's Bible
We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
- World English Bible
With our lives we bring in our bread, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
- Youngs Literal Bible
We get our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Lamentations 5:9
5:9 The sword - The enemies lay encamped in all the plains, so that they could stir out no way but the sword of the Chaldeans was upon them.