dixit ad majores natu Madian: Ita delebit hic populus omnes, qui in nostris finibus commorantur, quomodo solet bos herbas usque ad radices carpere. Ipse erat eo tempore rex in Moab.
He said to the elders of Madian: So will this people destroy all that dwell in our borders, as the ox is wont to eat the grass to the very roots. Now he was at that time king in Moab.
Dic ad magna natu Madiane: ita dele hoc populo omni, qui in nostro fines commora, quomodo bove sole herbas usque ad radices carpe. Ipso es eo tempore rege in Moabe.