complete verse (Deuteronomy 33:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 33:16:

  • Kupsabiny: “Let every good thing fill up their land,
    and may God who revealed himself in a bush love him.
    Let these blessings fall on the people of Joseph
    the one who was great among his brothers.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The earth and the good gifts in it of which it is full,
    and the love of the One who was in the burning bush,
    may the tribe of Joseph have all of these.
    They are the chief of their brothers.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “May-it-be that their land will-produce the finest/best products by the goodness of God who appeared in a burning bush.
    May these blessings will-remain in the tribe of Jose for he is above among his brothers.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “and that their land will be have many good crops,
    blessed by Yahweh, the one who appeared to me in a burning bush.
    I desire/hope that Yahweh will bless the tribes of Joseph in all those ways,
    because he was the leaders of his older brothers when they were in Egypt.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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