Lamentations 5:9

NET ©

At the risk 1  of our lives 2  we get our food 3  because robbers lurk 4  in the countryside. 5 

NIV ©

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

NASB ©

We get our bread at the risk of our lives Because of the sword in the wilderness.

NLT ©

We must hunt for food in the wilderness at the risk of our lives.

MSG ©

We risk our lives to gather food in the bandit-infested desert.

BBE ©

We put our lives in danger to get our bread, because of the sword of the waste land.

NRSV ©

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

NKJV ©

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

KJV
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our bread
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with [the peril of] our lives
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because
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of the sword
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of the wilderness
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HEBREW
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aybn
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LXXM
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PREP
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N-DPF
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N-ASM
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P-GP
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PREP
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N-GSN
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T-GSF
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NET © [draft] ITL
At the risk of our lives
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we get
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our food
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because robbers lurk
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in the countryside
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NET © Notes

1 tn Heb “at the cost of our lives.” The preposition ב (bet) here denotes purchase price paid (e.g., Gen 30:16; Exod 34:20; 2 Sam 3:14; 24:24) (BDB 90 s.v. בְּ 3.a). The expression בְּנַפְשֵׁנוּ (bÿnafshenu) means “at the risk of our lives.” Similar expressions include בְנַפְשׁוֹ (bÿnafsho, “at the cost of his life,” 1 Kgs 2:23; Prov 7:23) and בְּנַפְשׁוֹתָם (bÿnafshotam, “at peril of their lives,” 2 Sam 23:17).

2 tn Heb “our soul.” The noun נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “soul”) is used as a metonymy (= soul) of association (= life) (e.g., Gen 44:30; Exod 21:23; 2 Sam 14:7; Jon 1:14).

3 tn Heb “bread.” The term “bread” is a synecdoche of specific (= bread) for the general (= food).

4 tn Heb “because of the sword.” The term “sword” is a metonymy of instrument (= sword) for the persons who use the instrument (= murderers or marauders).

5 tn Heb “the wilderness.”