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Douay-Rheims
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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.
King James
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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.
Louis Second
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Il y eut une grande famine dans Samarie; et ils la serrèrent tellement qu'une tête d'âne valait quatre-vingts sicles d'argent, et le quart d'un kab de fiente de pigeon cinq sicles d'argent
Martin Luther
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Und es war eine große Teurung zu Samaria. Sie aber belagerten die Stadt, bis daß ein Eselskopf achtzig Silberlinge und ein Vierteil Kad Taubenmist fünf Silberlinge galt.
Vulgate
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factaque est fames magna in Samaria et tamdiu obsessa est donec venundaretur caput asini octoginta argenteis et quarta pars cabi stercoris columbarum quinque argenteis

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


fames : famine, hunger.
in : (+ acc.) into, toward, against.
in : (+ abl.) in.
tamdiu : for such a long time.
donec : up to the time when, until, as long as, while.
caput : capitis : head / top, summit /chief /capital /leader, captain.
pars : partis : part, share /direction.
pars : side, region.
quinque : five.