2 Kings 6:25 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Kings 6:25 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיְהִ֨י
hâyâh
H1961
to be
רָעָ֤ב
râʻâb
H7458
famine
גָּדוֹל֙
gâdôwl
H1419
great
בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן
Shômᵉrôwn
H8111
Samaria
וְהִנֵּ֖ה
hinnêh
H2009
behold
צָרִ֣ים
tsûwr
H6696
to besiege
עָלֶ֑יהָ
ʻal
H5921
upon
עַ֣ד
ʻad
H5704
until
הֱי֤וֹת
hâyâh
H1961
to be
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
H7218
head
חֲמוֹר֙
chămôwr
H2543
donkey
בִּשְׁמֹנִ֣ים
shᵉmônîym
H8084
eighty
כֶּ֔סֶף
keçeph
H3701
silver
וְרֹ֛בַע
rôbaʻ
H7255
fourth part
הַקַּ֥ב
qab
H6894
cab
חרי
chărêy-yôwnîym
H2755
dung
יונים
yôwnâh
H3123
dove
דִּבְיוֹנִ֖ים
dibyôwn
H1686
doves dung
בַּחֲמִשָּׁה
châmêsh
H2568
five
כָֽסֶף
keçeph
H3701
silver
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World English Bible Public Domain
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.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And a great famine was in Samaria, and behold, besieging against it, until the head of a donkey was at 80 silver, and a fourth of a kab of dung of doves at 5 silver.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).