Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 28:19:
- Kupsabiny: “Wisdom cannot be compared with pure gold
nor the way any stone from Cush is.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “The topaz of the country of Cush cannot be compared with it.
It cannot be purchased with fine gold.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “This can- not -be-equaled with topasio/topaz from Etiopia and this can- not -be-bought with pure gold.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I was like a tree whose roots reach down into the water
and whose branches become wet with dew each night.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
