Lamentations 5:9
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- 21 Heb “at the cost of our lives.” The preposition ב (bet) here denotes purchase price paid (e.g., Gen 30:16; Exod 34:20; 2 Sam 3:14; 24:24) ( 90 בְּ 3.a). The expression בְּנַפְשֵׁנוּ (bénafshenu) means “at the risk of our lives.” Similar expressions include בְנַפְשׁוֹ (bénafsho, “at the cost of his life,” 1 Kgs 2:23; Prov 7:23) and בְּנַפְשׁוֹתָם (bénafshotam, “at peril of their lives,” 2 Sam 23:17).
- 22 Heb “our soul.” The noun נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “soul”) is used as a metonymy (= soul) of association (= life) (e.g., Gen 44:30; Exod 21:23; 2 Sam 14:7; Jon 1:14).
- 23 Heb “bread.” The term “bread” is a synecdoche of specific (= bread) for the general (= food).
- 24 Heb “because of the sword.” The term “sword” is a metonymy of instrument (= sword) for the persons who use the instrument (= murderers or marauders).
- 25 Heb “the wilderness.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
We get our bread at the peril of our lives,
because of the sword in the wilderness.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
We get our bread at the risk of our lives
because of the sword in the desert.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
We secure our food at the risk of our lives
because of the sword in the wilderness.
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NLTNew Living Translation
We hunt for food at the risk of our lives,
for violence rules the countryside.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
We risk our life for food
because of the sword of the desert.
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KJV 1900King James Version
We gat our bread with the peril of our lives
Because of the sword of the wilderness.
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