Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 17:7:
- Kupsabiny: βThe (my) eyes are red from tears
and I have become thin until I am like the size of grass.β (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: βDue to much anxiety my eyes have become dim,
my whole body has become like a shadow.β (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: βMy sight now become-blurry from sadness; as-if spirit/soul now I am in-slinderness/[or: almost now as thin as a shadow]β (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: βMy sight has become dim/I cannot see well because I am extremely sad,
and my arms and legs are very thin, with the result that they almost do not cast a shadow.β (Source: Translation for Translators)
