Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 9:28:
- Uma: “For the time will come the Lord will decide the cases of all people on the earth with absolute justice, he will indeed finish it, he will no longer put it off.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because it is certain that God will soon punish the people in the world. He will not be slow in punishing them.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “because without a doubt the day will come when God will quickly carry out His punishment of all mankind.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because God will certainly fulfill his sentence (i.e. judicial) to punish the collective-people in the world, and he will not put-off-for-a-long-time his doing that.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Because on the day God will give punishment, all the people all over the world will quickly be judged.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
For the Old Testament quote, see Isaiah 10:22 and Isaiah 10:23.
