Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Habakkuk 2:18:
- Kupsabiny: “So what does a person get/receive from an idol that has been crafted/shaped? They are useless things that a man has prepared with his hands. Those things are of lies/deceit. A man trusts/relies on matters that he himself is making/producing even though those things are unable to speak.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “What value has an idol carved by men?
Or what value has a metal idol that teaches only lies?
The craftsman trusts in what he has made with his own hands.
He makes a worthless idol that cannot speak. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “‘ ‘What is the value of false-gods? That was- just -made by man from a tree[lit. wood] or metal, and can- not also -tell the truth. And why the people who made them/it really believe on them/it? They/it can- not even -speak.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
