complete verse (Deuteronomy 18:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 18:14:

  • Kupsabiny: “Those communities that you are going to remove from the land go to where sorcerers and diviners are. But your God does not accept you to do like that.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The nations you are about to conquer listen to the messages of people who do sorcery, mantras and who tell of future events. The LORD your God, however, does not permit you to do such things.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘These nations that you (plur.) are-going-to-drive-out seek-refuge to the fortune-tellers or to the sorcerers. But you (plur.) on-the-other-hand, the LORD your (plur.) God had-forbidden you (plur.) to do this.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Spanish Traducción en lenguaje actual (2002, 2004): “You will go in and take the land from nations that practice magic and witchcraft. But the Lord your God won’t allow you to do those things.” (Source: Edesio Sanchez in de Regt 2011, p. 69)
  • English: “The people-groups that you are about to expel from the land that you will occupy consult/seek advice from soothsayers and those who practice divination. But as for you, Yahweh our God does not allow you to do that.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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