The Greek and Hebrew that is typically translated as «(to the) right hand of» is often translated much more descriptively in other languages:

• Yakan: «at the right side, here in the greatest/most important/most honored place/seat»
• Mezquital Otomi: «the right hand, at the place of honor»
• Chuj: «exalted at the right hand»
• Chichimeca-Jonaz: «in a high place there at the right»
• Lalana Chinantec: «make great»
• Isthmus Mixe: «given great authority»
• Morelos Nahuatl: «placed big» or «heart-strengthens me»
• Isthmus Mixe: «stays with me» (source for this and above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August, 1966, p. 86ff)
• Teutila Cuicatec: «in all authority at the right side» (source: Ronald D. Olson in Notes on Translation January, 1968, p. 15ff.)
• Bariai: «chief seat at the right hand” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
• Cherokee: «the right, the stronger» (source: Bender / Belt 2025, p. 31)
• Musgu: “next to” or “on the side of» (source: Lynell Zogbo in The Bible Translator 2013, p. 36ff. )

In Lamnso’, the seat on the right-hand side signifies that the person seated there would have a higher position than the one to his left (vs. just being a seat of honor). To circumvent any misunderstanding of the biblical text, the translation here refers to the «highest seat next to God.» (Source: Karl Grebe in Holzhausen 1991, p. 52)

(Note that in Elhomwe the idiom «I see you through the left hand» stands for «useless.» [Source: project-specific translation notes in Paratext])

For Old Testament examples of blessing and power associated with God’s right hand, see Gen 48:14, 48:17, Exodus 15:6, 15:12, Psalm 48:10, 80:15, 80:17, 89:13.

For more information on the issue of translating «right» vs. «left,» especially in African languages, see Lynell Zogbo’s article in The Bible Translator 2013, p. 36ff. .