complete verse (1 Samuel 2:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 2:8:

  • Kupsabiny: “He rehabilitates those who have suffered to get up from the dust
    and pulls out those suffering from the rubbish (pit).
    He allows the poor to live with the rulers/kings
    and makes them get a chair of rulership.
    Because all the world belongs to God,
    he made the world stand the way it is.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “He lifts the poor from the dust,
    He lifts the needy from the ash heap,
    He sets them among princes,
    placing them in seats of honor.
    The foundation of the earth is the LORD´s,
    and He has established the world upon it.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “He causes- the poor ones -to-recover[lit. to rise-up] from their poverty.
    He causes- them -to-sit with the honored/exalted ones and gives (them) honor.
    He (is) the owner of the foundation where the earth was-founded.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Sometimes you lift poor people up so that they are no longer despondent, sitting in the dust,
    or sitting on heaps of ashes;
    you cause them to sit next to princes;
    you cause them to sit on chairs/thrones where people who are highly honored sit.
    Yahweh, you are the one who laid the foundations of the earth,
    and you have set the whole world on those foundations.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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