Verse 25

There was a great famine in Samaria, and it lasted until a donkey's head sold for eighty pieces of silver, and a quarter of a kab of dove's dung went for five pieces of silver.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Det ble stor hungersnød i Samaria, og byen var beleiret så lenge at et eselhode ble solgt for åtti sjekel sølv og en kvart kab duenøkkel for fem sjekel sølv.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Det var en stor hungersnød i Samaria. Se, de beleiret den, til et eselhodet ble solgt for åtti sekler sølv, og en fjerdedel av en kav dueavfall for fem sekler sølv.

• Norsk King James

  Og det var en stor hungersnød i Samaria; og, se, de beleiret byen, til et eslehode ble solgt for åtti sølvstykker, og en fjerdedel av en kab med duehekker for fem sølvstykker.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Det var stor hungersnød i Samaria fordi de beleiret byen, så et eselhode kostet åtti sekel sølv, og en fjerdedel av en kab duegjødsel kostet fem sekel sølv.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Det ble stor hungersnød i Samaria, og beleiringen varte helt til et eselhodet ble solgt for åtti sølv, og en kvart kav dueavføring for fem sølv.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Det ble stor hungersnød i Samaria. Beleiringen var så streng at et eselshode ble solgt for åtti sølvstykker, og en fjerdedel kab due-avføring for fem sølvstykker.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Det ble stor hungersnød i Samaria. Beleiringen var så streng at et eselshode ble solgt for åtti sølvstykker, og en fjerdedel kab due-avføring for fem sølvstykker.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Det ble en stor hungersnød i Samaria mens de beleiret byen, så alvorlig at et eselhode ble solgt for åtti sølvshekler, og en fjerdedel av en kav duegjødsel for fem sølvshekler.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Det ble en stor hungersnød i Samaria. Beleiringen var så hard at et eselhode kostet åtti sekler sølv og en kvart kab dueekskrementer kostet fem sekler sølv.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og der var en stor Hunger i Samaria, thi see, de beleirede den, indtil et Asens Hoved (gjaldt) fiirsindstyve (Sekel) Sølv, og en Fjerdepart af en Kab Duemøg fem (Sekel) Sølv.

• King James Version 1769 (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 cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Det var en stor hungersnød i Samaria, og de beleiret byen så lenge at et eselhode ble solgt for åtti sølvstykker og en fjerdedels kab duegjødsel for fem sølvstykker.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  And 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 a quarter of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Det ble stor hungersnød i Samaria, og de beleiret det, til et eselhode ble solgt for åtti sølvpenger, og en fjerdedel av en kab duegjødsel for fem sølvpenger.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Det ble en stor hungersnød i Samaria. De beleiret byen så lenge at et eselhode kostet åtti sølvmynter, og en fjerdedel mål duemøkk fem sølvmynter.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Det ble stor hungersnød i Samaria, for de holdt byen innesperret helt til hodet av et esel kostet åtti sekel sølv, og en fjerdedel pint med dueskitt kostet fem sekel sølv.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  & 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.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  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.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  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.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  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 (1862/1898)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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 (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  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.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  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.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 26:26 : 26 When I break your staff of bread, ten women will bake your bread in one oven and dole out your bread by weight, and you will eat but not be satisfied.
• 1 Kgs 18:2 : 2 So Elijah went to appear before Ahab. The famine in Samaria was severe.
• 2 Kgs 6:28-29 : 28 Then the king asked her, "What is your problem?" She replied, "This woman said to me, 'Give me your son so we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.' 29 So we cooked my son and ate him. The next day, I said to her, 'Give me your son so we may eat him,' but she had hidden her son."
• 2 Kgs 7:4 : 4 If we say, 'We’ll go into the city,' the famine is there, and we will die. And if we stay here, we will die. So let’s go over to the camp of the Arameans and surrender. If they spare us, we live; if they kill us, then we die."
• 2 Kgs 25:3 : 3 By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city had become severe, and there was no food for the people of the land.
• Jer 14:13-15 : 13 But I said, "Ah, Sovereign LORD, the prophets are telling them, 'You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.'" 14 The LORD said to me: "The prophets are prophesying lies in My name. I did not send them, command them, or speak to them. They are seeing false visions, giving worthless divinations and deceitful messages from their own hearts. 15 Therefore, this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name, though I did not send them, and who declare, 'No sword or famine will touch this land': By sword and famine, those prophets will meet their end.
• Jer 14:18 : 18 If I go out into the field, I see those slain by the sword. If I enter the city, I see the agonies of famine. Even the prophet and the priest wander aimlessly in the land and have no understanding.
• Jer 32:24 : 24 Look! Siege ramps have arrived to take the city, and it is handed over to the Chaldeans who are fighting against it because of the sword, the famine, and the plague. What You have spoken has come to pass, and You see it happening.
• Jer 52:6 : 6 By the fourth month, on the ninth day, the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no more food for the people of the land.
• Ezek 4:13-16 : 13 The Lord said, 'In this way the people of Israel will eat their defiled bread among the nations where I will drive them.' 14 Then I said, 'Ah, Lord God, I have never been defiled! From my youth until now, I have never eaten anything that died naturally or was torn by animals. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.' 15 He said to me, 'Look, I have given you cow dung instead of human excrement, and you may use it to bake your bread.' 16 Then He said to me, 'Son of man, I am about to cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They will eat bread by weight and in anxiety, and they will drink water by measure and in despair.'