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Lamentations 5:9

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9We risk our life for foodb

because of the sword of the desert.

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  1. bLiterally “We take our food at our life”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

We get our bread at the peril of our lives,

because of the sword in the wilderness.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

We get our bread at the risk of our lives

because of the sword in the desert.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

We secure our food at the risk of our lives

because of the sword in the wilderness.

NLTNew Living Translation

We hunt for food at the risk of our lives,

for violence rules the countryside.

KJV 1900King James Version

We gat our bread with the peril of our lives

Because of the sword of the wilderness.