complete verse (Psalm 119:98)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 119:98:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “Your laws make me to be wiser than my enemies,
    for those laws are with me all the times.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “Your commands are always in my mind,
    So [I] have been made one who is wiser than my enemies.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “And because your (sing.) commands (are) always with me,
    I (am) wiser/smarter (than) my enemies.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “Your commands give me to be wise more than my enemies,
    because they all stay with me.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “Maagizo yako niko nayo siku zote,
    yananipa hekima kuzidi ya maadui zangu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “Because I know your commands/what you have commanded,
    and because I think about them all the time, I have become wiser than my enemies.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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