complete verse (Deuteronomy 6:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 6:18:

  • Kupsabiny: “Be doing (plur.) words/matters that are fitting and good with respect to God. Do like that so that you may prosper/progress and you go and live in that beautiful land that God has sworn to your grandfathers to give you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Whatever [lit.: what what] is right and good in the eyes of the LORD, do only that, and then you will prosper. And you will be able to conquer that good land as the LORD promised your ancestors.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD so-that will-become well your (plur.) situation/well-being and you (plur.) will-possess the good land that his swore to your (plur.) ancestors.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Do what Yahweh says is right and good. If you do that, things will go well with you. You will be able to enter and occupy the good/fertile land that Yahweh vowed to give to our ancestors.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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