2 Kings 6:25 in Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
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.
American Standard Version (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.
Bible in Basic English (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.
Darby English Bible (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.
Webster's Bible (WBT)
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.
World English Bible (WEB)
There was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until a donkey's head was sold for eighty [pieces] of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five [pieces] of silver.
Young's Literal Translation (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.
| And there was | וַיְהִ֨י | wayhî | vai-HEE |
| a great | רָעָ֤ב | rāʿāb | ra-AV |
| famine | גָּדוֹל֙ | gādôl | ɡa-DOLE |
| in Samaria: | בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן | bĕšōmĕrôn | beh-SHOH-meh-RONE |
| and, behold, | וְהִנֵּ֖ה | wĕhinnē | veh-hee-NAY |
| besieged they | צָרִ֣ים | ṣārîm | tsa-REEM |
| עָלֶ֑יהָ | ʿālêhā | ah-LAY-ha | |
| it, until | עַ֣ד | ʿad | ad |
| an ass's | הֱי֤וֹת | hĕyôt | hay-YOTE |
| head | רֹאשׁ | rōš | rohsh |
| was | חֲמוֹר֙ | ḥămôr | huh-MORE |
| fourscore for sold | בִּשְׁמֹנִ֣ים | bišmōnîm | beesh-moh-NEEM |
| pieces of silver, | כֶּ֔סֶף | kesep | KEH-sef |
| and the fourth part | וְרֹ֛בַע | wĕrōbaʿ | veh-ROH-va |
| cab a of | הַקַּ֥ב | haqqab | ha-KAHV |
| of dove's dung | חִרייוֹנִ֖ים | ḥiryyônîm | heer-y-yoh-NEEM |
| for five | בַּֽחֲמִשָּׁה | baḥămiššâ | BA-huh-mee-sha |
| pieces of silver. | כָֽסֶף׃ | kāsep | HA-sef |