complete verse (Job 12:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 12:8:

  • Kupsabiny: “If you ask the animals that crawl on the ground they will show you.
    Also the fish inside the sea tell you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “or talk with earth, and it will teach you,
    and the fish of the sea will tell you.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “[You(sing.) learn ["bala"/encouraging-particle] from whatever kind of animal — the (one-that) walks, the (one-that) flies, the (one-that) crawls, and the (one-that) swims.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “If you could ask the creatures that crawl on the ground, or the fish in the sea,
    they would tell you about God.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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