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)
