complete verse (Numbers 23:7)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 23:7:

  • Kupsabiny: “Balaam narrated the proverbs that God had told him,
    Balak brought me from up there in Aram.
    He called me from the mountains/hills of the East.
    He told me to come and curse for him the house of Jacob,
    to come and abuse the people of Israel.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then Balaam gave them the oracle [lit.: God-speech] in this way,
    "Come, curse Jacob for me!
    Give Israel a threat!"
    So saying, Balak, king of Moab
    brought me from the eastern hills of Aram.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then Balaam said,
    ‘O King Balak of Moab, you (sing.) summoned for me from Aram, in the mountains in the east. You (sing.) said to me, ‘Come, and curse the descendants of Jacob for me. Curse/Denounce them the people of Israel.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “This is the message that Balaam told them:
    ‘Balak, the King of Moab, summoned me to come here from Syria;
    he brought me here from the hills at the eastern side of Syria.
    He said, ‘Come and curse the descendants of Jacob for me,
    saying that bad things will happen to these Israeli people!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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