complete verse (Deuteronomy 23:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 23:14:

  • Kupsabiny: “The camp where you are must be clean so that God does not abandon you when he sees a dirty thing among you. Your God is with you and protects you so that your enemies do not defeat you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The LORD your God walks around in your camp to protect you and to give you to over your enemies. So your camp must be holy. He must not see any indecent in your midst otherwise He will leave you.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “For the LORD your (plur.) God roams- around in your (plur.) camp to rescue/redeem you (plur.) and to hand-over your (plur.) enemies to you (plur.). So your (plur.) camp must be-cleaned so-that he will- not -see anything that is bad, and so-that he will- not -leave you (plur.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “You must keep the camp acceptable to Yahweh our God, because he is with you in your camp to protect you and to enable you to defeat your enemies. Do not do anything disgraceful/indecent that would cause Yahweh to abandon you.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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