complete verse (Job 16:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 16:18:

  • Kupsabiny: “Oh, you world,
    do not let the injustice done to me be covered up,
    and/or the truth/justice that I want to happen be covered up.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “O earth, do not cover my blood!
    And may my entreaty never cease! ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘I am like a man who was-killed who is-asking the land not to cover his blood before he gets justice.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When I die, I want the ground to act as though I had been murdered and cry out against those who killed me,
    and I do not want anyone to stop me while I am demanding that God act justly toward me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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