complete verse (Exodus 7:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 7:9:

  • Kupsabiny: “‘If the king wants you (plur.) to do a miracle so that he may know that I am the one who sent you, tell Aaron to throw down his stick before that ruler. That is when that stick will change into a snake.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “‘When Pharaoh says to you ‘perform some miracle’ then you say to Aaron, ‘throw your staff down before Pharaoh’. It will become a snake.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘If the king of Egipto says that you (plur.) are-to-do/perform a miracle, you (sing.) Moises are-to-say to Aaron, ‘Throw your (sing.) staff/walking-stick in-front of the king, and it will-become a snake.’ ’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “‘If the great chief of the Isip people says for the two of you to do some miracle to show that I sent the two of you, then you (sing.) will speak to Aron in order that he take his walking stick and then throw it down in the sight of the great chief of Isip, and then his stick will change itself and become a snake.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “«When king of Egypt will say to you ‹Show me power your by miracles,› you Moses, you say [to] Aaron that he take his cane, let him throw it down in front king, [in order that] it might changed into serpent.»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “‘If the king says to you, ‘Prove that God sent you by performing a miracle,’ then say to Aaron, ‘Throw your stick down in front of the king, in order that it may become a snake.’’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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