Lamentations 5:9 - Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

We get our bread at the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness [the wild Arabs, who may attack if we venture into the fields to reap our harvests].

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

We gat our bread with the peril of our lives Because of the sword of the wilderness.

American Standard Version (1901)

We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.

Common English Bible

We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the desert heat.

Catholic Public Domain Version

We obtained our bread at the risk of our lives, before the face of the sword, in the wilderness.