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KJV

Lamentations 5:9

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

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
We shall bring in our bread with [danger of] our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
We shall bring in our bread with [danger of] our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
WEBView canonical →
We get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness.
World English Bible

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