Parallel Verses

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

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

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

Bible in Basic English

In the fourth month, on the ninth day of the 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

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

Julia Smith Translation

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

Modern King James verseion

And in the fourth month, in the ninth of the month, the famine was very grievous in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And in the fourth Month, the ninth day of the Month, there was so great hunger in the city that there were no more victuals 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

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

The Emphasized Bible

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And in the fourth
רבעי רביעי 
R@biy`iy 
Usage: 56

חדשׁ 
Chodesh 
Usage: 279

in the ninth
תּשׁעה תּשׁע 
Tesha` 
Usage: 58

day of the month
חדשׁ 
Chodesh 
Usage: 279

the famine
רעב 
Ra`ab 
Usage: 101

in the city
עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

for the people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

Context Readings

The Fall Of Jerusalem

5 The blockade of the city lasted until Zedekiah's eleventh year as king. 6 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. 7 The enemy broke through the city walls, and all Judah's soldiers fled. They left the city at night through the gate between the two walls beside the king's garden. While the Babylonians were attacking the city from all sides, they took the road to the plain of Jericho.

Cross References

Isaiah 3:1

Jehovah of Hosts, the Almighty (Ruler) (Sovereign) is going to take all support and supply of food and water from Jerusalem and Judah.

2 Kings 25:3

On the ninth day of the fourth month, the store of food in the town was almost gone. There was no food for the people of the land.

Jeremiah 38:9

Your Majesty, what these men have done is wrong. They have put Jeremiah in the well, where he is sure to die of starvation, since there is no more food in the city.

Jeremiah 39:2

On the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah's eleventh year as king, the city walls were broken through.

Leviticus 26:26

I will destroy your food supply. Ten women will need only one oven to prepare your food. You will eat and go away hungry.

Deuteronomy 28:52-53

They will blockade all your cities until the high, fortified walls you trust come down everywhere in your land. They will blockade all the cities everywhere in the land that Jehovah your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 32:24

They will be wasted by famine, and consumed by plague and bitter destruction. I will send teeth of wild animals on them, with the venom of crawling things (reptiles) of the dust.

Jeremiah 15:2

When they ask you where they should go, say to them: This is what Jehovah says: Those who are to die will die. Those who are to die in wars will die in wars. Those who are to die in famines will die in famines. Those who are to die in captivity will die in captivity.

Jeremiah 19:9

I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they will eat one another's flesh in the siege and in the distress with which their enemies and those who seek their life will cause them.'

Jeremiah 21:9

He who dwells in this city will die by the sword and by famine and by pestilence. He who goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who are besieging you will live. He will have his own life as booty.'

Jeremiah 25:10

I will take from them the sounds of joy and happiness, the sounds of brides and grooms, the sound of mills, and the light of lamps.

Lamentations 4:4-6

The tongue of the child at the breast is fixed to the roof of his mouth for need of drink. The young children cry out for bread, and no man gives it to them.

Lamentations 5:10

Our skin is heated like an oven because of our burning heat from the need of food.

Ezekiel 4:9-17

Take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt; put them in a storage jar and use them to make bread for yourself. You are to eat it during the three hundred and ninety days you lie on your side.

Ezekiel 5:10-12

Fathers will eat their sons among you and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter your entire remnant to every wind.'

Ezekiel 7:15

Outside are swords and inside are plagues and famines. He who is in a field will die in battle. He who is in the city will be devoured by famines and plagues.

Ezekiel 14:21

This is what the Lord Jehovah says: 'I will surely send four terrible punishments against Jerusalem. I will send wars, famines, wild animals, and plagues. They will destroy people and animals.

Zechariah 8:19

Jehovah of Hosts said: The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth month, the fast of the seventh month, and the fast of the tenth month, will be to the house of Judah joy, gladness, and cheerful feasts. Therefore love truth and peace.

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