Verse Comparison: Lamentations 5:9
American Standard Version
We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
Amplified® Bible
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].
Contemporary English Version
We are in danger from brutal desert tribes; we must risk our lives just to bring in our crops.
Darby English Version
We have to get our bread at the risk of our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.
Good News Bible
Murderers roam through the countryside; we risk our lives when we look for food.
King James Version
We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
New American Standard Bible
We get our bread at the risk of our lives Because of the sword in the wilderness.
New International Version
We get our bread at the risk of our lives
because of the sword in the desert.
New King James Version
We get our bread at the risk of our lives,
Because of the sword in the wilderness.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
We get our bread at the risk of our lives Because of the sword in the wilderness.
Revised Standard Version
We get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness.
Young's Literal Translation
With our lives we bring in our bread, Because of the sword of the wilderness.