complete verse (Deuteronomy 10:22)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 10:22:

  • Kupsabiny: “When your grandparents went to the land of Egypt, they were only seventy, but God made them to become many like the stars.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Your ancestors, only seventy of them, went to Egypt, yet the LORD your God has made you now innumerable, like the stars of the heavens.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When your (plur.) ancestors went to Egipto, they were just 70 in all, but now the LORD your (plur.) God has-made you (plur.) as numerous as the stars in the sky.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When our ancestors, Jacob and his family, went down to Egypt, there were only seventy of them. But now Yahweh our God has caused us to be as numerous as the stars in the sky.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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