Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 30:7:
- Kupsabiny: “(They) screamed there like animals,
having curled up at the foot of trees.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “They cry out like beasts in the bushes,
and stay rolled into balls under the nettle bushes.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “As-if they are animals that bray/howl in the forest, and they huddle under the bushes.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I thought, ‘Let those who are much older speak,
because older people should be able to say things that are wise.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
