complete verse (Exodus 15:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 15:10:

  • Kupsabiny: “But God, you blew using your breath,
    the water returned with power and totally covered them all!
    Those people sank like metals
    that are thrown in deep water.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “You blew them with your breath
    and the sea covered them.
    They sank as lead
    in the mighty waters.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But in just one of your (sing.) blowing they were-drowned in the sea.
    They sank to the depths like lead.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “But you blew your breath once,
    and right then the ocean covered them.
    They sank down to the interior of the deep ocean like a stone.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “But, you God, you made wind blow, and water covered them head.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “But you blew on them with your breath,
    and then the sea covered them.
    They sank like lead/rocks in the big waves.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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