Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 2:4:
- Kupsabiny: “I shall never show mercy to her children
because they are children of outside (illegitimate).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “I will not have any mercy on her sons and daughters.
For they are offspring through adultery.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “And you (plur.) her children I will- not -show-mercy, for you (plur.) (are) children of a woman who commits-adultery-with-a-man. What your (plur.) mother who bore you (plur.) does is shameful. She still said, ‘I will-go-along/will-pursue with my lovers/(lit. men) who are the ones-who-give to me my food, water, wool clothes and linen, oil, and wine.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
