complete verse (Isaiah 13:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 13:12:

  • Kupsabiny: “I shall make people to be few in the land.
    surpassing the clean/pure gold of Ophir.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “I will make people scarcer than extremely pure gold,
    and even much more expensive than the gold of Ophir.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Only few people will be left. They are more harder to find compare than the pure gold from Ofir.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “And because I will cause most people to die,
    people will be harder to find than gold,
    harder to find than fine gold from Ophir in Arabia.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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