complete verse (Exodus 19:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 19:18:

  • Kupsabiny: “Smoke went up from that mountain of Sinai because God came down there. The smoke went up like a shining/burning smoke of fire. Even the mountain shook.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “the whole mountain was covered with smoke because God descended on it in fire, the smoke billowed into the sky as from a furnace and the whole mountain shook (with a violent earthquake).” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The whole of the Mountain of Sinai was-covered with smoke for the LORD came-down on-it in-the-form/way of fire. The smoke went-up/rose like smoke that came from a furnace and the mountain shook/trembled wildly/violently,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And the Chief was present in the great fire and so descended and came to Sainai mountain, and great smoke surged upward and so wrapped the mountain. That smoke was great like the smoke of a great [rubbish] heap [burning]. And the mountain shivered very badly.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “And smoke covered Mountain of Sinay [body], because The Lord came there with fire. Smoke was smoking there like it smokes in trap, and mountain was shaking very.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “All of Sinai Mountain was covered in smoke, because Yahweh had descended on it, surrounded by a fire. The smoke rose up like the smoke from the chimney of a furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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