complete verse (Exodus 9:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 9:16:

  • Kupsabiny: “But I left you so that I might show you my authority/power that I might be proclaimed in the whole of the world/earth.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “But in order to show my power and that my name may be honored throughout the earth (emph.) I have let you live.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But I have-allowed you (sing.) to-live for this reason: so-that I can-show you (sing.) my power and so-that my name will-be famous throughout the entire/whole world.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “But I didn’t do like that because I want to show you (pl.) my great strength, and so I want my reputation to fully reach every area on earth. And so for this reason I appointed/placed you (sing.).” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “But, that which you be spared for it, it is that I might show you my power, [that] they might call my name with it all on earth.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “But I have let you live. The reason I have let you live is to show you my power, with the result that people all over the earth will know how great I am.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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