Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 10:4:
- Kupsabiny: “They are proclaiming words that are not true,
and they are not fulfilling what they have promised
so quarrelling springs up in the land
like a thistle that grows in the farm.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “They make many promises,
take false oaths and make agreements.
So, like weeds full of poison sprouting in a ploughed field,
there have been many unjust verdicts.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “They just keep talking but they have-done nothing. They swear lies and make agreements which they do- not -follow. Therefore justice became like a poisonous grass which grows in the plowed ground.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Their many words have no use. They vow and make-agreements, but they do not fulfill-(them). What they call righteousness/justice, it is like poisonous weeds in a ploughed (rice)-field.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “They falsely promise that they will do many things;
they solemnly promise and make agreements,
but they do not do what they promise.
So people accuse and sue each other in the courts;
they are like poisonous weeds that grow in a plowed field.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
