Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 28:2:
- Kupsabiny: “‘Ezekiel, tell the king of Tyre, ‘The God of power is saying: You are bringing yourself up saying
‘I am like God,
I am ruling the ocean
in the midst of the seas.’
But you are a person only even though you boast that you are like God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “‘Man, tell the leader of Tyre that I, the Lord GOD, say: In your being-proud you say that you are a god who sits on the throne in the middle of the sea. But the truth-is, even-though you think that you-are wise like a god, you are not god but-rather just man.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘You human, give to the king of Tyre this message from me, Yahweh the Lord:
‘You have very proudly claimed, ‘I am a god!
I sit on a throne of a god in a city on an island in the sea!’
You boast that you are a god;
but you are only a man, not a god.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
