Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ecclesiastes 3:11:
- Kupsabiny: “God prepared everything how they should stay/be. He has given a person to think/wish that he could know the matters of coming days, and he has not given a person to know what God does.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “He has made everything very beautiful in its time. He has put awareness of things eternal into the human mind. Yet, concerning what God has done from beginning to end, they are not able to understand it.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “And all these were-destined/appointed by God to happen at the right time. He has-given us (incl.) a desire to know the future, but we (incl.) can- never -fathom what he had-done from the beginning till the end.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “God has appointed a time that is right/correct for everything to happen. He has also caused people to realize that there are things that will endure forever. But in spite of that, no one can completely understand everything that God has done, from the time that he starts doing things until he finishes them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
