complete verse (1 Samuel 5:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 5:3:

  • Kupsabiny: “The next day, those people went early in the morning to that house where Dagon was. They found that idol lying prostrate in front of the Box of Covenant. That thing was again made to stand up.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “On the morning of the next day when the people of Asdod started getting up, they saw the image of Dagon lying prostrate before the ark of the LORD. Since it was like that, they stood that image up again and put it right his own place where they had put the LORD’s ark.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Very early the next day, those from-Ashdod saw the image of Dagon lying-face-down before the Box of the LORD. They had- this -stood/had- this -erected and put-(it)-back in its place/position.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But early the next morning, when the people of Ashdod went to see it, they saw that the statue had fallen on its face in front of Yahweh’s sacred chest! So they set the statue up in its place again.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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