On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

Now on the ninth day of the fourth month, the store of food in the town was almost gone, so that there was no food for the people of the land.

Και την ενατην του τεταρτου μηνος η πεινα υπερισχυσεν εν τη πολει, και δεν ητο αρτος δια τον λαον του τοπου.

And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.