Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 6:25:
- Kupsabiny: “Those matters made a severe famine come to that city. That famine hit the people so hard that the head of a donkey was sold for eighty pieces of silver and one cup of dove’s dung was sold for five pieces of silver.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Since it was like that, a very severe famine took place in that city. Because the siege lasted so long, the price of one donkey head was one kilogram of silver and the price of a small bowl of seed pods was 60 grams of silver.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Because of this, the famine in the city was great, until the things-to-be-bought/commodities became-expensive. The price of the head of a donkey was 80 pieces of silver, and the price of one can of droppings of a dove was five pieces of silver.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Because of that, after a while there was hardly any food left inside the city, with the result that eventually a donkey’s head, which was usually worthless, cost eighty pieces of silver, and one cup/0.3 liter of dove’s dung cost five pieces of silver.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
