complete verse (2 Samuel 7:7)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Samuel 7:7:

  • Kupsabiny: “I was with the people of Israel always. I even/also chose for them leaders who would be keeping/guarding them. But there is not one day where I have told any leader to build for me a house of cedar!’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “No matter where I came [or] went with all of Israel, have I ever asked their leaders whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, why they had not built a temple of cedar wood for me?’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Wherever I move-from-place-to-place with my people Israelinhon, I did- not -complain to their leaders/[lit. heads] whom I commanded to take-care of them that they have- not -built me a beautiful temple which is made of cedar wood.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Wherever I went with all the Israelis as they traveled, I never said to any of their leaders whom I appointed to lead them, ‘Why have you not built me a temple made of cedar wood?’’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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