complete verse (Exodus 16:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 16:18:

  • Kupsabiny: “When they measured that food, it appeared/was seen that (the) people who collected/gathered much did not surpass what they needed and those who collected/gathered little did not lack.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “When they measure it he who gathered much did not have too much and he who gathered little did not have too little. All of them have as much as they need.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But when they measured it, each one has one gantang/(about 2 kilos). Those who gathered more did- not -have-too-much, and those who gathered a little also did- not -have-too-little. Each one took only just-enough.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And when it was done then they filled it into small clay pots, and so they saw that the people who gathered much, theirs was sufficient for them, and the people who gathered not very much, theirs also was sufficient for them. They all received [it] so that it was sufficient for them.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “Which they weighed that which they gathered with cup, one who gathered that which be much [body], there was not any which again add for him, and one who gathered that which be little [body], there was not any which lacked for him. Therefore, that which a man gathered, it was the same the same.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “But when they measured what they had gathered, those that had gathered a lot did not have anything left over. And those that gathered less still had enough to eat. Each person gathered just what they needed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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