complete verse (Daniel 3:1)

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

  • Kupsabiny: “King Nebuchadnezzar later ordered that a golden thing (statue) be made/created. That thing should be ninety feet long/high and nine feet wide. Then it should be set up/made to stand in the valley/plain of Dura in the region/province of Babylon.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold which was 30 meters high and 3 meters wide. And he set it up in a place called Dura of the province of Babylon.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Now, Nebuchadnezzar made/erected a statue of gold. Its height (was) 90 feet tall and the width (was) 9 feet. And when (it) was finished, he set- it -up/erected in the plain/valley of Dura there in the province of Babilonia.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “King Nebuchadnezzar ordered his men to make a gold statue. It was 90 feet/27 meters high and 9 feet/2.7 meters wide. They set it up in the Dura plain in Babylon province.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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