“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
25:3 The people - For the common people, but only for the great men. Now they eat their own children for want of food, #Lam 4:3|, &c. Jeremiah in this extremity, earnestly persuaded the king to surrender; but his heart was hardened to his destruction.
And on the ninth day of the fourth moneth, the famine preuailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
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 American Standard Version (1995)
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.
- American Standard Version (1901)
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.
- Basic English Bible
On the ninth of the [fourth] month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
- Darby Bible
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.
- Webster's 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.
- World English Bible
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,
- Youngs Literal Bible
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.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible