“That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.”
King James Version (KJV)
4:17 May want - So because they served not God with chearfulness in the abundance of all things, He made them serve their enemies in the want of all things.
That they may want bread and water, & be astonied one with an other, and consume away for their iniquitie.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
because bread and water will be scarce; and they will be appalled with one another and waste away in their iniquity.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.
- American Standard Version (1901)
So that they may be in need of bread and water and be wondering at one another, wasting away in their sin.
- Basic English Bible
because bread and water shall fail them, and they shall be astonied one with another, and waste away in their iniquity.
- Darby Bible
That they may want bread and water, and be astonished one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
- Webster's Bible
that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.
- World English Bible
so that they lack bread and water, and have been astonished one with another, and been consumed in their iniquity.
- Youngs Literal Bible
that they may want bread and water, and be appalled one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible