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Lamentations 5:9

NETBible	At the risk¹ of our lives² we get our food³ because robbers lurk⁴ in the countryside.⁵
NIV © biblegateway Lam 5:9	We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the desert.
NASB © biblegateway Lam 5:9	We get our bread at the risk of our lives Because of the sword in the wilderness.
NLT © biblegateway Lam 5:9	We must hunt for food in the wilderness at the risk of our lives.
MSG © biblegateway Lam 5:9	We risk our lives to gather food in the bandit-infested desert.
BBE © SABDAweb Lam 5:9	We put our lives in danger to get our bread, because of the sword of the waste land.
NRSV © bibleoremus Lam 5:9	We get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness.
NKJV © biblegateway Lam 5:9	We get our bread at the risk of our lives, Because of the sword in the wilderness.
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KJV	We gat <0935> (8686) our bread <03899> with [the peril of] our lives <05315> because <06440> of the sword <02719> of the wilderness <04057>_.
NASB © biblegateway Lam 5:9	We get <0935> our bread <03899> at the risk of our lives <05315> Because <04480> <6440> of the sword <02719> in the wilderness <04057> .
LXXM	en <1722> PREP taiv <3588> T-DPF qucaiv <5590> N-DPF hmwn <1473> P-GP eisoisomen <1533> V-FAI-1P arton <740> N-ASM hmwn <1473> P-GP apo <575> PREP proswpou <4383> N-GSN romfaiav {N-GSF} thv <3588> T-GSF erhmou <2048> N-GSF
NET [draft] ITL	At the risk of our lives <05315> we get <0935> our food <03899> because robbers lurk <02719> in the countryside <04057> .
HEBREW	rbdmh <04057> brx <02719> ynpm <06440> wnmxl <03899> aybn <0935> wnspnb (5:9) <05315>

NETBible

At the risk¹ of our lives² we get our food³ because robbers lurk⁴ in the countryside.⁵

NET Notes

¹tn 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).

²tn 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).

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

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

⁵tn Heb “the wilderness.”