on the ninth day of the month. And a famine prevailed in the city; neither was there bread for the people of the land
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King James Version
And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.English Standard Version
On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.New International Version
By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat.