complete verse (1 Samuel 17:46)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 17:46:

  • Kupsabiny: “Today God will place you in my hands. I will strike you down and cut off your head. Today vultures and animals will eat the bodies of the Philistine soldiers and all the world will know that God protects the Israelites and fights for them.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Today the LORD has delivered you into my hands, and, killing you, I will cut off your head. Today the corpses of the Philistines will be fed to sparrows who live in the sky and animals who live on land, only then will the whole world recognize that there is a God in Israel.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “This day, the LORD will-deliver you (sing.) to me; I will-kill you (sing.) and cut-(off) your (sing.) head. And this day also I will-have- the corpses/dead-bodies of the Filistinhon -eaten by the birds and by the cruel/(wild) animals, and the whole/entire world will-know that Israel has a God.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Today Yahweh will enable me to defeat you. I will strike you down and cut off your head. And we Israelis will kill many Philistine soldiers and give their bodies to the birds and wild animals to eat. And everyone in the world will hear about it and know that we Israeli people worship an all-powerful God.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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