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Lamentations 5:9

We obtained our bread at the risk of our lives, before the face of the sword, in the wilderness
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King James Version

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

English Standard Version

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

New International Version

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