Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Habakkuk 3:8:
- Kupsabiny: “Were you angry with the rivers, oh God? Were you angry with the water of the ocean when you drove your horses and chariots to come and save us?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “O LORD, was your great anger against the rivers?
Were you angry at the streams?
Did you rage against the sea
When you rode your horses
and your chariots to victory?” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “LORD, you (sing.) (are) like a soldier who rides on a chariot who will- really -cause-to-win in battle.
You (sing.) (are) already ready to shoot-an-arrow.
But to whom (are) you (sing.) angry for?
Could-it-be-to the rivers and the seas?
You (sing.) cut-into-half the ground and water flowed there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation) - Kankanaey: “Lord God, was it the ocean and rivers that you (sing.) were-angry-at
when you rode in your (sing.) horse-drawn-carriage (loan kalisa) to save?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation) - English: “Yahweh, was it because you were angry with the rivers and streams that you were angry with them?
Did the seas cause you to be furious,
with the result that you rode through them with horses that were pulling chariots
that enabled you to defeat them?” (Source: Translation for Translators)
