complete verse (Job 3:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 3:11:

  • Kupsabiny: “Please, it would have been better if I had died in the stomach of my mother,
    or if I had expired as soon as I reached the ground.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Why did I not die as soon as I was born?
    Why did I not die as soon as I came out from the womb?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘It would had-been- good if I just -died in my mother’s womb.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘I wish that I had died when I was born—
    at the time I emerged from my mother’s womb.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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