complete verse (Isaiah 37:24)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 37:24:

  • Kupsabiny: “You insulted God through your people saying,
    ‘I climbed with my many chariots every mountain
    and I forced my way to every hill of Lebanon.
    I cut down the tall cedars of that place
    and the straight podo trees.
    I entered inside the forest
    where no one has touched its trees.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “By your messengers
    you have severely disgraced the LORD.
    You have spoken like this,
    ‘Taking many chariots and going,
    I have conquered the very high mountains
    and the very remote peaks of Lebanon.
    I cut down its tallest cedars tree and good cypress trees
    And I went its remotest heights
    and its thick forests.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Through your (sing.) servants, you (sing.) have-mocked me. You (sing.) still said, ‘With my many chariots I have-gone/[lit. climbed] up the high mountains, the peaks of the mountains of Lebanon. I have-cut-down its tallest cedar and finest pine/[sipres]. I have-reached its peak that has the thickest trees.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The messengers whom you sent made fun of me.
    You said, ‘With my many chariots I have gone to the highest mountains,
    even to the highest mountains in Lebanon.
    We have cut down its tallest cedar trees
    and its nicest pine/cypress trees.
    We have been to the most distant/remote peaks
    and to its densest forests.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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