King James Version (KJV)
We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
Modern English
We get our bread at the risk of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness.
Hebrew
בְּנַפְשֵׁ֙נוּ֙ נָבִ֣יא לַחְמֵ֔נוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י חֶ֥רֶב הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃
bnapshenv nabiyʾ laḥmenv mipney ḥereb hamidbar