complete verse (Psalm 36:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 36:12:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Look how evildoers have lied down after falling,
    throw them down, so they cannot be able to rise again.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “Look! They have fallen.
    Now they have fallen, never to rise again.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “Those wicked men will- surely/[intensifier] -be-destroyed and will- no-longer -be-able-to-rise-up.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru:
    “So, the people who do evil, they fall down, they fall down unable to get up again.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “I see bad people when they fall down,
    they never get up again!” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Tazama ambavyo wameanguka watenda mabaya,
    wameangushwa chini, hawawezi kusimama.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “Look where evil people have fallen on the ground, defeated;
    they were thrown down, and they will never rise again.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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