complete verse (Jeremiah 20:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 20:18:

  • Kupsabiny: “Why was I even born?
    Was I only to get suffering and anxiety,
    and end my life in disgrace?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Why was I ever born? So-that I only could see trouble and difficulty, and (I) die in shame?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I have continually experienced much trouble and sorrow,
    and I am disgraced now when I am about to die;
    why was it necessary for me to me born?” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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