The Scouring of the Shire is the eighth chapter of the second book of The Return of the King, recounting all the events of the Scouring of the Shire.
Plot
Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin arrive in the Shire to find that things are not as they once were when they left. The Shire is now run by Sharkey based at Bag End, who with Lotho's help had taken over with his band of Ruffian Men. The four hobbits collect as many allies as they can and defeat his army of Ruffians at the Battle of Bywater. The Hobbits then confront "Sharkey" and the lowly Gríma Wormtongue at Bag End, who both meet their demise.
Translations
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Arabic | شاير تجوب |
| Bengali | শিরে এর মাজন |
| Bosnian | Ribanje Okrug |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Почистването на Графството |
| Catalan | La purga del Comarca |
| Croatian | Ribanje shirea |
| Czech | Vymetení Kraje |
| Danish | Rengøring i Herredet |
| Dutch | De Schuren van de Gouw |
| Estonian | Šairi puhastamine |
| Esperanto | La traserĉante la Graflando |
| Finnish | Konnun puhdistus |
| French | Le Nettoyage de la Comté |
| Galician | A Expurgo do Condado |
| Georgian | შირე საწმენდი |
| German | Die Säuberung des Auenlandes (first translation)
Die Befreiung des Auenlandes (second translation) |
| Greek | Ο Καθαρισμός του Σάιρ |
| Gujarati | આ સોર્સિંગ પર્ગિંગ |
| Hebrew | הגעלה של הפלך |
| Hindi | शायर का दस्तूर |
| Hungarian | A Megye megtisztítása |
| Icelandic | Þrifið á Skíri |
| Italian | La percorrendo la Contea |
| Latvian | Mazgāšanu no Širė |
| Lithuanian | Šveitimo iš Širės |
| Luxembourgish | De Schëlleren vum Shire |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Чистење на Шире |
| Marathi | ष्हिरे शुद्ध करणे |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Тус мужийг цэвэрлэх |
| Nepalese | सायर सफाई |
| Norwegian | Det Rensing av Hobsyssel |
| Polish | Szorowanie Shire |
| Portuguese | O Expurgo do Condado (Brazil) |
| Romanian | Curăţat de Comitatul |
| Russian | Очистка Шира |
| Scottish Gaelic | An Sgùraidh na t-Sìorrachd |
| Serbian | Чишћење грофовија (Cyrillic) Čišćenje grofovija (Latin) |
| Slovak | Grófstvo drhnutie |
| Slovenian | Čiščenje šajerska |
| Spanish | El saneamiento de la Comarca |
| Swedish | Den Skur av Fylke |
| Welsh | Y Sgwrio y Sir |
| Yiddish | די סקאָורינג פון די תהירע |
