Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 13:5:
- Kupsabiny: “Those young men come from countries far away,
coming from an amazing land.
God is using those young men as his weapons,
(they) shall destroy the land in his anger.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “They have been coming from the last of all lands of the earth.
The LORD has been coming to destroy whole country by his wrath.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “They are-coming from the very far places. The LORD and his soldiers will-destroy the whole land.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “They come from countries that are far away,
from the most remote places on the earth.
They are like weapons that Yahweh will use to punish the people with whom he is very angry,
and to destroy the entire country of Babylonia.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
