complete verse (2 Kings 19:23)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 19:23:

  • Kupsabiny: “You insulted God through your people saying,
    ‘I climbed every hill with my many chariots
    and I broke through every mountain of Lebanon.
    I felled the tall cedars of that place
    and the straight podo trees.
    I entered into a forest
    where no person had touched its trees.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Through your messengers
    you have severely disgraced the LORD.
    You have spoken like this,
    ‘Coming with many chariots I have conquered the very high mountains and the very remote peaks of Lebanon.
    I cut down its tallest cedar trees and good cyprus trees
    And I went to its remotest places and its thickest forests.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Through your (sing.) servants, you (sing.) spoke-bad-thing-about/mocked me.
    You (sing.) still said, ‘With my many chariots I was-able-to-climb-up the high mountains, the peak of the mountains of Lebanon.
    I have-cut-down its tallest cedars and the-best/finest sipres (trees).
    I was-able-to-reach its peak that has leafy trees.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The messengers that you sent made fun of me.
    You said, ‘With my many chariots I have gone to the highest mountains,
    even to the highest mountains in Lebanon.
    We have cut down its tallest cedar trees
    and its nicest pine/cyprus trees.
    We have been to the most distant/remote peaks
    and to its dense forests.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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