2KI 6:25 Parallel View

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6:25 Variant note--fnCOLON-- חרייונים--fnCOLON-- (x-qere) ’דִּבְיוֹנִ֖ים’--fnCOLON-- lemma=1686 n=0--fnPERIOD--0 morph=HNcmpa id=12Bqs דִּבְיוֹנִ֖ים

6:25 Note--fnCOLON-- Adaptations to a Qere which L and BHS, by their design, do not indicate--fnPERIOD--

6:25 Exegesis note--fnCOLON-- A single word in the text has been divided for exegesis--fnPERIOD--

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ULT And a great famine was in Samaria, and look—laying siege against it, until a head of a donkey was in exchange for 80 silver, and a fourth of the kab of doves droppings was in exchange for five silver.

UST Because of that, after a while there was hardly any food left inside the city, so that eventually a donkey’s head, which was usually worthless, cost eighty pieces of silver, and one cup of dove’s dung cost five pieces of silver.

BSB § So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver,[fn] and a quarter cab of dove’s dung [fn] sold for five shekels of silver.[fn]

6:25 80 shekels is approximately 2 pounds or 907.2 grams of silver.

6:25 Or a quarter cab of seed pods; that is, approximately 0.28 dry quarts or 0.31 liters

6:25 5 shekels is approximately 2 ounces or 57 grams of silver.

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WEB There was a great famine in Samaria. Behold, they besieged it until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab[fn] of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.

6:25 A kab was about 2 liters, so a fourth of a kab would be about 500 milliliters or about a pint

NET Samaria’s food supply ran out. They laid siege to it so long that a donkey’s head was selling for eighty shekels of silver and a quarter of a kab of dove’s droppings for five shekels of silver.

LSV and there is a great famine in Samaria, and behold, they are laying siege to it, until the head of a donkey is at eighty pieces of silver, and a forth of the cab of dove’s dung at five pieces of silver.

FBV So there was a major famine in Samaria. In fact the siege lasted so long that a donkey's head cost eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove's dung[fn] cost five shekels of silver.

6:25 “Dove's dung”: Some believe this referred to a kind of wild vegetable. One “cab” was equivalent to about 1.2 liters.

T4T Because of that, after a while there was hardly any food left inside the city, with the result that eventually a donkey’s head, which was usually worthless, cost eighty pieces of silver, and ◄one cup/0.3 liter► of dove’s dung cost five pieces of silver.

LEB There was a great famine in Samaria, and behold, a siege was against it, until the head of a donkey went for eighty shekels of silver, and one fourth of the measure of the dung of doves went for five shekels of silver.

BBE And they became very short of food in Samaria; for they kept it shut in till the price of an ass's head was eighty shekels of silver, and a small measure of doves' droppings was five shekels of silver.

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JPS And there was a great famine in Samaria; and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.

ASV And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.

DRA And there was a great famine in Samaria: and so long did the siege continue, till the head of an ass was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cabe of pigeon’s dung, for five pieces of silver.

YLT and there is a great famine in Samaria, and lo, they are laying siege to it, till the head of an ass is at eighty silverlings, and a forth of the cab of dovesdung at five silverlings.

DBY And there was a great famine in Samaria; and behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was worth eighty silver-pieces, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung five silver-pieces.

RV And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.

WBS And there was a great famine in Samaria: and behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.

KJB And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.
(And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver. )

BB But there was a great dearth in Samaria: and beholde, they besieged it, vntill an asses head was sold for fourescore siluer pence, and the fourth part of a cab of doues doung for fiue peeces of siluer.
(But there was a great dearth in Samaria: and behold, they besieged it, until an asses head was sold for fourscore silver pence, and the fourth part of a cab of doves downg for five pieces of silver.)

GNV So there was a great famine in Samaria: for loe, they besieged it vntill an asses head was at foure score pieces of siluer, and the fourth part of a kab of doues doung at fiue pieces of siluer.
(So there was a great famine in Samaria: for loe, they besieged it until an asses head was at four score pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of doves downg at five pieces of silver. )

CB & there was a greate derth at Samaria. But they layed sege to the cite so longe, tyll an Asses heade was worth foure score syluer pes, and the fourth parte of a Cab of doues donge worth fyue syluer pens.
(& there was a great death at Samaria. But they laid sege to the cite so long, till an Asses heade was worth four score syluer pes, and the fourth part of a Cab of doves donge worth five syluer pens.)

WYC And greet hungur was maad in Samarie; and so long it was bisegid, til the heed of an asse were seeld for fourescore platis of siluer, and the fourthe part of a mesure clepid cabus of the crawe of culueris was seeld for fyue platis of siluer.
(And great hunger was made in Samarie; and so long it was bisegid, til the heed of an asse were seeld for fourscore platis of silver, and the fourthe part of a measure called cabus of the crawe of culueris was seeld for five platis of silver.)

LUT Und es war eine große Teurung zu Samaria. Sie aber belagerten die Stadt, bis daß ein Eselskopf achtzig Silberlinge und ein Vierteil Kad Taubenmist fünf Silberlinge galt.
(And it was one large Teurung to Samaria. They/She but belagerten the Stadt, until that a Eselskopf achtzig Silberlinge and a Vierteil Kad Taubenmist fünf Silberlinge galt.)

CLV Factaque est fames magna in Samaria: et tamdiu obsessa est, donec venundaretur caput asini octoginta argenteis, et quarta pars cabi stercoris columbarum quinque argenteis.[fn]
(Factaque it_is fames magna in Samaria: and tamdiu obsessa it_is, until venundaretur caput asini octoginta argenteis, and quarta pars cabi stercoris columbarum quinque argenteis.)

6.25 Factaque fames, etc. AUG., serm. 211, de temp. Dum a cultu Dei gens iniqua discedit, horrenda fame comprimitur, et justa necessitate turbatur. Cur famem, o miserrime, pateris? Cur tanta penuria laceraris? Crescit famis quotidie pœna, quia quotidie crescit et culpa. Perseverant flagella, quia in populo perseverant et delicta. Deinceps vita peccata, delicta compesce, ad Deum convertere, relinque idolum: tunc poteris hostes divino adjutorio vincere. Nec quisquam nocere poterit ulterius, si damnato scelere, divinus in te germinaverit cultus. Proh nefas! horrenda cadavera et columbarum stercora peccator populus vescitur, nec Dei cultum quærit. Inquinatas carnes et horrendas escas fames et necessitas poscit; et adhuc figmentum duritia colit. In cibum pietas vertitur, in pabulum suscepta soboles commutatur. Ante parricidium geritur, quam ad funestas epulas veniatur. Innocens sanguis effunditur, ut parentum fames rabida saginetur.

6.25 Factaque fames, etc. AUG., serm. 211, about temp. Dum a cultu Dei gens iniqua discedit, horrenda fame comprimitur, and justa necessitate turbatur. Cur famem, o miserrime, pateris? Cur tanta penuria laceraris? Crescit famis quotidie pœna, because quotidie crescit and culpa. Perseverant flagella, because in populo perseverant and delicta. Deinceps vita peccata, delicta compesce, to God convertere, relinque idolum: tunc poteris hostes divino adyutorio vincere. Nec quisquam nocere poterit ulterius, when/but_if damnato scelere, divinus in you(sg) germinaverit cultus. Proh nefas! horrenda cadavera and columbarum stercora peccator populus vescitur, but_not Dei cultum quærit. Inquinatas carnes and horrendas escas fames and necessitas poscit; and adhuc figmentum duritia colit. In cibum pietas vertitur, in pabulum suscepta soboles commutatur. Ante parricidium geritur, how to funestas epulas veniatur. Innocens sanguis effunditur, as parentum fames rabida saginetur.

BRN And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was valued at fifty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung at five pieces of silver.

BrLXX Καὶ ἐγένετο λιμὸς μέγας ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ· καὶ ἰδοὺ περιεκάθηντο ἐπʼ αὐτὴν ἕως οὗ ἐγενήθη κεφαλὴ ὄνου πεντήκοντα ἀργυρίου, καὶ τέταρτον τοῦ κάβου κόπρου περιστερῶν πέντε ἀργυρίου.
(Kai egeneto limos megas en Samareia; kai idou periekathaʸnto epʼ autaʸn heōs hou egenaʸthaʸ kefalaʸ onou pentaʸkonta arguriou, kai tetarton tou kabou koprou peristerōn pente arguriou. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) Behold

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was famine big/great in/on/at/with,Samaria and=see/lo/see! siege on/upon=it(f) until to_be head donkey's in/on/at/with,eighty silver and,fourth the,kab חרי dove's_dung in/on/at/with,five shekels_of_silver )

The word “behold” here alerts us to pay attention to the surprising information that follows.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) a donkey’s head was sold for

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “a donkey’s head cost”

Note 2 topic: translate-numbers

(Occurrence 0) eighty pieces of silver

“80 pieces of silver”

Note 3 topic: translate-bvolume

(Occurrence 0) the fourth part of a kab

This can be written in modern measurements. Alternate translation: “a fourth part of a liter” or “a quarter of a liter”

Note 4 topic: translate-fraction

(Occurrence 0) the fourth part

This is one part out of four equal parts. Alternate translation: “one fourth” or “a quarter” or “1/4”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

(Occurrence 0) dove’s dung for

The words “was sold for” are understood from the previous phrase. They can be repeated here. Alternate translation: “dove’s dung was sold for” or “dove’s dung cost”

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