Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

on the ninth of the month -- when the famine is severe in the city, and there hath not been bread for the people of the land,

New American Standard Bible

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.

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.

Holman Bible

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that the people of the land had no food.

International Standard Version

By the ninth day of the fourth month, the resulting famine had become so severe in the city that no food remained for the people who lived in the land.

A Conservative Version

On the ninth day of the [fourth] month the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

American Standard Version

On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

Amplified

On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine [caused by the siege] was severe in the city; there was no food for the people of the land.

Bible in Basic English

Now on the ninth day of the fourth month, the store of food in the town was almost gone, so that there was no food for the people of the land.

Darby Translation

On the ninth of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

Julia Smith Translation

In the ninth to the month and the famine will be strong in the city, and there was not bread for the people of the land.

King James 2000

And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no food for the people of the land.

Lexham Expanded Bible

In the ninth month, the famine became severe in the city, and there was no food for the people of the land.

Modern King James verseion

on the ninth of the fourth month, when famine was severe in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And the ninth day of the fourth month of that year, there was so great hunger in the city, that there was no sustenance for the people of the land.

NET Bible

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city was so severe the residents had no food.

New Heart English Bible

On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

The Emphasized Bible

On the ninth of the month, when the famine had become severe in the city, - and there had come to be no bread for the people of the land,

Webster

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.

World English Bible

On the ninth day of the [fourth] month the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And on the ninth
תּשׁעה תּשׁע 
Tesha` 
Usage: 58

day of the fourth month
חדשׁ 
Chodesh 
Usage: 279

the famine
רעב 
Ra`ab 
Usage: 101

in the city
עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

and there was no bread
לחם 
Lechem 
Usage: 298

for the people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

References

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

The Final Invasion Of Nebuchadnezzar

2 And the city entereth into siege till the eleventh year of king Zedekiah, 3 on the ninth of the month -- when the famine is severe in the city, and there hath not been bread for the people of the land, 4 then the city is broken up, and all the men of war go by night the way of the gate, between the two walls that are by the garden of the king, and the Chaldeans are against the city round about, and the king goeth the way of the plain.


Cross References

Leviticus 26:26

'In My breaking to you the staff of bread, then ten women have baked your bread in one oven, and have given back your bread by weight; and ye have eaten, and are not satisfied.

Deuteronomy 28:52-53

'And it hath laid siege to thee in all thy gates, till thy walls come down, the high and the fenced ones in which thou art trusting, in all thy land; yea, it hath laid siege to thee in all thy gates, in all thy land, which Jehovah thy God hath given to thee;

Jeremiah 37:21

And the king Zedekiah commandeth, and they commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, also to give to him a cake of bread daily from the bakers' street, till the consumption of all the bread of the city, and Jeremiah dwelleth in the court of the prison.

Jeremiah 38:2

'Thus said Jehovah: He who is remaining in this city dieth, by sword, by famine, and by pestilence, and he who is going forth unto the Chaldeans liveth, and his soul hath been to him for a prey, and he liveth.

Jeremiah 39:2

in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, in the ninth of the month, hath the city been broken up;

Jeremiah 52:6

In the fourth month, in the ninth of the month, when the famine is severe in the city, and there hath been no bread for the people of the land,

Lamentations 4:4-10

Cleaved hath the tongue of a suckling unto his palate with thirst, Infants asked bread, a dealer out they have none.

Ezekiel 4:9-17

And thou, take to thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and spelt, and thou hast put them in one vessel, and made them to thee for bread; the number of the days that thou art lying on thy side -- three hundred and ninety days -- thou dost eat it.

Ezekiel 5:10

Therefore fathers do eat sons in thy midst, And sons eat their fathers, And I have done in thee judgments, And have scattered all thy remnant to every wind.

Ezekiel 5:12

Thy third part -- by pestilence they die, And by famine are consumed in thy midst, And the third part, by sword they fall round about thee, And the third part, to every wind I scatter, And a sword I draw out after them.

Ezekiel 7:15

The sword is without, And the pestilence and the famine within, He who is in a field by sword dieth, And he who is in a city, Famine and pestilence devour him.

Ezekiel 14:21

For thus said the Lord Jehovah: Although My four sore judgments -- sword, and famine, and wild beast, and pestilence -- I have sent unto Jerusalem, to cut off from it man and beast,

Zechariah 8:19

Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: The fast of the fourth, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth months, are to the house of Judah for joy and for rejoicing, and for pleasant appointed seasons, and the truth and the peace they have loved.

King James Version Public Domain

Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.

New American Standard Bible Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org

American Standard Version Public Domain

NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. NetBible

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain