Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 28:9:
- Kupsabiny: “Those people dig very hard stones.
(they) dig up hills to lay the roots bare.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “Men cut the hard rocks with their own hands,
and overturn the roots of the mountains.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “People are-digging-up the very-hard/(flinty) rock even the deep portion of the mountain.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Miners tear apart very hard rock;
it is as though they turn the mountains upside down to get the ore.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
