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Lamentations 5:9

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

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בְּנַפְשֵׁ֨נוּ֙benafshenvin creatureנֶפֶשׁpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “in creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…נָבִ֣יאnavito comeבּוֹאverb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, plural — “to come”, an unfinished actionH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…לַחְמֵ֔נוּlachmenvbreadלֶחֶםnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “bread”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3899food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)(shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.מִפְּנֵ֖יmipnefrom a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “from a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…חֶ֥רֶבcherevknifeחֶרֶבnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “knife”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implementaxe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.הַמִּדְבָּֽרhamidbarthe desertמִדְבָּרdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the desert”, the ordinary formH4057a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)desert, south, speech, wilderness.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

We get our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

With our lives we bring in our bread, Because of the sword of the wilderness.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

We have to get our bread at the risk of our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.

Douay-Rheims

We fetched our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the desert.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

We get our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

We shall bring in our bread with danger of our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐν ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἡμῶν εἰσοίσομεν ἄρτον ἡμῶν, ἀπὸ προσώπου ῥομφαίας τῆς ἐρήμου.