Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 28:22:
- Kupsabiny: “The world of the dead and the place of the dead
heard (a rumor) that wisdom exists.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “Death and the place of destruction say,
‘We only have heard about it’.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “Even the place of destruction, which is the place of the dead-ones, what they have-heard about it is only rumor.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “After I finished speaking, they did not say any more;
it was as though my words fell on their ears like refreshing drops of rain.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
