complete verse (Job 21:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 21:16:

  • Kupsabiny: “They say that they fight in order to get something,
    but I do not agree with their thoughts.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “But the good circumstances of the wicked are not in their hands,
    so I am not [about] to agree with the advice of the wicked.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But the truth is, their prosperity did- not -come from their own hard-work. So whatever these wicked-ones advise, I will- never -listen.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Think about it: Wicked people think that it is because of what they have done that they have become prosperous,
    but I do not understand why they think like that.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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