complete verse (Deuteronomy 12:31)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 12:31:

  • Kupsabiny: “Do not pray to your God like those people pray to their gods/idols. Those communities do for their gods something that God hates. They even burn their children making sacrifices of them for their gods.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “You are not to worship the LORD your God like they worship their gods, for when they do puja to their gods they do all kinds of repulsive work that the LORD does not like. They even put their own sons and daughters in the fire for their own gods.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) must not do that in worshipping the LORD your (plur.) God, for in their worshipping they do all kinds of detestable things that the LORD hates-so-much. They even burn their children as offering to their gods.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Do not try to worship Yahweh our God like they have worshiped their gods, because when they worship them, they do disgusting things, things that Yahweh hates. The worst thing that they do is that they sacrifice their own children and burn them on their altars.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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