complete verse (Job 13:25)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 13:25:

  • Kupsabiny: “Why scare a person whom the wind brings? (a leaf blown by the wind)
    Can you waste your power/strength on something like grass?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Do you even pursue the leaves of trees blown by the wind?
    Do you go in pursuit of chaff/dry wheat awns?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Why do- you (sing.) -frighten and pursue me? I am just like a straw or a leaf being-blown by the wind?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Those things happen to them because they shook their fists/dared to fight against Almighty God,
    and thought that they were strong enough to defeat him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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