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OET (OET-RV) When the man of God had told the king that two drums of barley would be sold for a shekel, and a drum of flour also sold for a shekel the next morning at the city gate,

Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ ἐγένετο καθὰ ἐλάλησεν Ἑλισαιὲ πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα, λέγων, δίμετρον κριθῆς σίκλου καὶ μέτρον σεμιδάλεως σίκλου· καὶ ἔσται ὡς ἡ ὥρα αὔριον ἐν τῇ πύλῃ Σαμαρείας.
(Kai egeneto katha elalaʸsen Helisaie pros ton basilea, legōn, dimetron krithaʸs siklou kai metron semidaleōs siklou; kai estai hōs haʸ hōra aurion en taʸ pulaʸ Samareias. )

BrTr So it came to pass as Elisaie had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley shall be sold for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel; and it shall be [fn]as at this time to-morrow in the gate of Samaria.

ULT And it happened, when the man of God spoke to the king, saying, “Two seah of barley will be in exchange for a shekel, and a seah of flour will be in exchange for a shekel. It will be at this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria,”

UST Elisha had told to the king that by the next day there would be plenty of food, with the result that anyone could buy fourteen liters of barley for one piece of silver, and seven liters of the best flour for one piece of silver.

BSB It happened just as the man of God had told the king: “About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel.”

OEB No OEB 2KI book available

WEBBE It happened as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, “Two seahs[fn] of barley for a shekel,[fn] and a seah of fine flour for a shekel, shall be tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria;”

7:18 1 seah is about 7 litres or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks

7:18 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. In this context, it was probably a silver coin weighing that much.

WMBB (Same as above including footnotes)

NET The prophet told the king, “Two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of finely milled flour for a shekel; this will happen about this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria.”

LSV indeed, it comes to pass, according to the speaking of the man of God to the king, saying, “Two measures of barley at a shekel, and a measure of fine flour at a shekel are, at this time tomorrow, in the Gate of Samaria”;

FBV What the man of God had told the king also came true when he said, “Around this time tomorrow a seah of the best flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.”

T4T Elisha had told him that by the next day there would be plenty of food, with the result that anyone could buy ten pounds of fine wheat or 20 pounds of barley for only one piece of silver.

LEB It happened as the man of God spoke to the king, saying, “Two seahs of barley shall be sold for a shekel and a seah of wheat flour for a shekel at this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria.”

BBE So the words of the man of God came true, which he said to the king: Two measures of barley will be offered for the price of a shekel and a measure of good meal for a shekel, tomorrow about this time in the market-place of Samaria.

Moff No Moff 2KI book available

JPS And it came to pass, as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying: 'Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to-morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria';

ASV And it came to pass, as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to-morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria;

DRA And it came to pass according to the word of the man of God, which he spoke to the king, when he said: Two bushels of barley shall be for a stater, and a bushel of fine flour for a stater, at this very time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria.

YLT yea, it cometh to pass, according to the speaking of the man of God unto the king, saying, 'Two measures of barley at a shekel, and a measure of fine flour at a shekel are, at this time to-morrow, in the gate of Samaria;'

Drby And it came to pass as the man of [fn]God had spoken to the king saying, Two measures of barley shall be at a shekel, and the measure of fine flour at a shekel, to-morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria.

7.18 Elohim

RV And it came to pass, as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria;

Wbstr And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to-morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:

KJB-1769 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:

KJB-1611 And it came to passe, as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flowre for a shekel, shalbe to morrow about this time, in the gate of Samaria:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And so came the thing to passe, that the man of God had spoken to the king, saying: Two bushels of barlye for a sicle, and a bushell of fyne flowre for another shalbe to morowe this tyme in the gate of Samaria.
(And so came the thing to pass, that the man of God had spoken to the king, saying: Two bushels of barley for a shekel, and a bushell of fine flour for another shall be to morrow this time in the gate of Samaria.)

Gnva And it came to passe, as the man of God had spoken to the King, saying, Two measures of barley at a shekel, and a measure of fine floure shall be at a shekel, to morowe about this time in the gate of Samaria.
(And it came to pass, as the man of God had spoken to the King, saying, Two measures of barley at a shekel, and a measure of fine flour shall be at a shekel, to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria. )

Cvdl And it came to passe euen as ye man of God tolde the kynge, wha he sayde: Tomorow aboute this tyme shall two bu?shels of barlye be solde for one Sycle, and a bu?shel fyne meel for one Sycle vnder the gate at Samaria.
(And it came to pass even as ye/you_all man of God told the king, wha he said: Tomorow about this time shall two bu?shels of barley be sold for one Shekel, and a bu?shel fine meal/flour for one Shekel under the gate at Samaria.)

Wycl And it was doon bi the word of the man of God, which he seide to the kyng, whanne he seide, Twei buyschels of barli shulen be for a statir, and a buyschel of wheete flour for a stater, in this same tyme to morewe in the yate of Samarie;
(And it was done by the word of the man of God, which he said to the king, when he said, Twei buyschels of barley shulen be for a statir, and a buyschel of wheat flour for a coin, in this same time to morning in the gate of Samarie;)

Luth Und geschah, wie der Mann Gottes dem Könige sagte, da er sprach: Morgen um diese Zeit werden zween Scheffel Gerste einen Sekel gelten und ein Scheffel Semmelmehl einen Sekel unter dem Tor zu Samaria;
(And happened, like the/of_the man God’s to_him kings/king said, there he spoke: Morgen around/by/for this/these time become zween Scheffel Gerste a Sekel gelten and a Scheffel Semmelmehl a Sekel under to_him goal/doorway to Samaria;)

ClVg Factumque est secundum sermonem viri Dei quem dixerat regi, quando ait: Duo modii hordei statere uno erunt, et modius similæ statere uno, hoc eodem tempore cras in porta Samariæ:
(Factumque it_is after/second conversation viri of_God which dixerat regi, when he_said: Duo modii hordei statere uno erunt, and modius similæ statere uno, this eodem tempore cras in porta Samariæ: )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-endofstory

General Information:

In this verse, the writer summarizes what happened by repeating the events that he described in 2 Kings 7:1.

(Occurrence 0) About this time

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was when,said (a)_man the=ʼElohīm to/towards the=king to=say seahs barley in/on/at/with,shekel and,seah flour in/on/at/with,shekel will_belong about_this,time tomorrow in/on/at/with,gate Shomrōn )

Alternate translation: “About this time tomorrow”

Note 2 topic: translate-bvolume

(Occurrence 0) two measures of barley … a measure of fine flour

Here the word “measure” translates the word “seah,” which is a unit of dry measurement equal to about 7 liters. Alternate translation: “14 liters of barley … 7 liters of fine flour”

Note 3 topic: translate-bmoney

(Occurrence 0) a shekel

A shekel is a unit of weight equal to about 11 grams. Alternate translation: “about 11 grams of silver” or “one silver coin”

Parallel 2KI 7:18

General Information: