Jump to Previous Ass's Besieged City Donkey's Dung Eighty Famine Five Fourscore Fourth Great Head Lasted Part Pieces Samaria Sama'ria Shekels Siege Silver SoldJump to Next Ass's Besieged City Donkey's Dung Eighty Famine Five Fourscore Fourth Great Head Lasted Part Pieces Samaria Sama'ria Shekels Siege Silver SoldParallel Verses English Standard Version And there was a great famine in Samaria, as they besieged it, until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five shekels of silver. New American Standard Bible There was a great famine in Samaria; and behold, they besieged it, until a donkey's head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a fourth of a kab of dove's dung for five shekels of silver. King James Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible So there was a great famine in Samaria, and they continued the siege against it until a donkey's head sold for 80 silver shekels, and a cup of dove's dung sold for five silver shekels. International Standard Version until there was a great famine throughout Samaria. The siege lasted until a donkey's head cost 80 silver coins and one quarter of a unit of dove's dung cost five silver coins. NET Bible 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation The shortages caused by the blockade of Samaria became so severe that a donkey's head sold for two pounds of silver and a half-pint of dove manure for two ounces of silver. King James 2000 Bible And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until a donkey'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. American King James Version 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 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. Douay-Rheims Bible 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. Darby Bible Translation 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. English Revised Version 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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 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 of dove's dung for five pieces of silver. Young's Literal Translation 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. Lexicon And there was a greatgadowl (gaw-dole') great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent famine ra`ab (raw-awb') hunger (more or less extensive) -- dearth, famine, + famished, hunger. in Samaria Shomrown (sho-mer-one') watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine -- Samaria. and behold they besieged tsuwr (tsoor) to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile) it until an ass's chamowr (kham-ore') a male ass (from its dun red) -- (he)ass. head ro'sh (roshe) the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) was sold for fourscore shmoniym (shem-o-neem') eighty, also eightieth -- eighty(-ieth), fourscore. pieces of silver keceph (keh'-sef) silver (from its pale color); by implication, money -- money, price, silver(-ling). and the fourth part roba` (ro'-bah) a quarter -- fourth participle of a cab qab (kab) a hollow, i.e. vessel used as a (dry) measure -- cab. of dove's dung dibyown (dib-yone') both (in the plural only and) of uncertain derivation; probably some cheap vegetable, perhaps a bulbous root -- dove's dung. yownah (yo-naw') a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating) -- dove, pigeon. charey-yowniym (khar-ay'-yo-neem') excrements of doves {or perhaps rather the plural of a single word charapyown {khar-aw-yone'}; of similar or uncertain derivation, probably a kind of vegetable -- doves' dung. for five chamesh (khaw-maysh') five -- fif(-teen), fifth, five (apiece). pieces of silver keceph (keh'-sef) silver (from its pale color); by implication, money -- money, price, silver(-ling). 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