Lamentations 5:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.”
Lamentations 5:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Lamentations 5:9 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Lamentations 5:9 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Lamentations 5:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“We get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness.”
Lamentations 5:9 — World English Bible
Lamentations 5:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.”
Lamentations 5:9 — American Standard Version
Lamentations 5:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“With our lives we bring in our bread, Because of the sword of the wilderness.”
Lamentations 5:9 — Young's Literal Translation
Lamentations 5:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“We have to get our bread at the risk of our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.”
Lamentations 5:9 — Darby Translation
Lamentations 5:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Wee gate our bread with the perill of our liues, because of the sword of the wildernesse.”
Lamentations 5:9 — Geneva Bible
Lamentations 5:9 in Context — Lamentations 5
7 Nuestros padres pecaron, y son muertos; y nosotros llevamos sus castigos.
8 Siervos se enseñorearon de nosotros; no hubo quien de su mano nos librase.
9 Con peligro de nuestras vidas traíamos nuestro pan delante del cuchillo del desierto.
10 Nuestra piel se ennegreció como un horno á causa del ardor del hambre.
11 Violaron á las mujeres en Sión, á las vírgenes en las ciudades de Judá.
What Does Lamentations 5:9 Mean?
Lamentations 5:9 is a verse from the Book of Lamentations, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Lamentations chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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