complete verse (Daniel 4:30)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 4:30:

  • Kupsabiny: “saying in my stomach (heart), ‘Hey! Am I not the one who built this great Babylon city? I built (it) with/out of my strength in order to rule from it and glorify/raise up my name/fame!’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “he said, ‘Is not this Babylon the great, the royal city which I have built by my power for my own fame and glory?’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “he said, ‘How powerful Babylonia is that I made a royal residence by my own strength and for my (own) honor.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “As he looked out over/across the city, he said to those around him, ‘I have built this great city of Babylon to be the place where I rule! I have built it to display my own power, in order to show people my glory, to show them that I am very great!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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