King James Version (KJV)
Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
Modern English
Our skin is hot as an oven with the burning heat of famine.
Hebrew
עוֹרֵ֕נוּ כְּתַנּ֖וּר נִכְמָ֑רוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י זַלְעֲפ֥וֹת רָעָֽב׃
ʿvorenv ktanvr nikmarv mipney zalʿapvot raʿab