complete verse (1 Samuel 5:5)

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

  • Kupsabiny: “From then onwards, the priests and the people who worship/bow before Dagon continued skipped/jumped over that part of the door/entrance.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Since it was like that, when the priests of Dagon in Ashdod enter the temple of Dagon, they do not step on the threshold [lit.: on the door].” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “That is why until now the priests of Dagon and those (who) enter/go-inside his temple there at Ashdod do- not -step in-the-vicinity-of/next-to the door/entrance.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “That is the reason that since that time, the priests of Dagon and everyone else who enters the temple of Dagon in Ashdod do not step on the doorsill where the hands and head of Dagon fell.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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