complete verse (Deuteronomy 4:20)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 4:20:

  • Kupsabiny: “But you, God took you out of trouble/suffering in Egypt. He took you out from there so that you could become his people like you are today.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The LORD, however, has brought you out from Egypt — such an iron-smelting furnace — to make you his own people and inheritance, as you have been until today.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Remember that the LORD took you (plur.) from Egipto, the place which is like a blazing furnace, so-that will-become his people, and that is you (plur.) are now.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh has brought your ancestors out of Egypt, where they were suffering as though they were in a blazing furnace, in order that they would be people who belong to him, which is what you are today.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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