Lamentations 5:9

Lamentations 5:9 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

9We get our bread at the risk of our lives

because of the sword in the desert.

9We get our bread 5:9 Lit with our soulat the risk of our lives

Because of the sword in the wilderness.

9We get our bread at the risk of our lives

Because of the sword in the wilderness.

9We get our bread at the risk of our lives

Because of the sword [of the Arabs] in the wilderness [who may attack if we go out to harvest the crop].

9We get our bread at the risk of our lives

because of the sword in the wilderness.

9We put our lives in danger just to get some bread to eat.

Robbers in the desert might kill us with their swords.