complete verse (Job 2:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 2:6:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then God said to the Enemy, ‘You have authority to do to him anything you want but do not kill (him).’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then the LORD said to Satan, "OK, if it is like that, he is in your hand. But, as for his life, spare [it].” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The LORD said to Satanas, ‘Okay, do what you (sing.) want to do with him, but just do- not -kill him.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh replied to Satan, ‘All right/Okay, you may do to him whatever you want to do, but do not cause him to die.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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