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)
