The Book of Mormon

Alma 17:5

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~91–77 BC

1830 Edition

Now these are the circumstances which attended them in their journeyings, for they had many afflictions; they did suffer much, both in body and in mind; such as hunger, thirst and fatigue, and also much labor in the spirit.

Influences

1 Corinthians 7:34 (KJV)
There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

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Now these are the circumstances which attended them in their journeyings, for they had many afflictions; they did suffer much, both in body and in mind;, such as hunger, thirst and fatigue, and also much labor in the spirit.

Simple English

Here is what happened to them on their travels. They had many hard times. They suffered a lot in body and mind. They were hungry, thirsty, and tired. They also worked very hard in the Spirit.

Paraphrase

But their journey had been brutal. They’d suffered terribly—physically and emotionally. Hunger, thirst, exhaustion, and deep spiritual labor.