complete verse (Deuteronomy 9:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 9:14:

  • Kupsabiny: “Let me finish the off completely and I shall bless your grandchildren to become a big community in place of them.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “You are not to prevent me from destroying them. I will finish off their name from the earth, causing it not to exist. Then from you I will create a nation greater and stronger than them."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Just leave me alone that I will-destroy them so-that they will- now -be-forgotten. Then I will-make you (sing.) and your (sing.) descendants into a nation mightier and more numerous than them.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So do not try to stop me. I am going to destroy all of them, with the result that no one anywhere will remember their names /that they ever existed. Then I will enable you to become the ancestor of a nation that will be more numerous and more powerful than they are.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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