complete verse (Hebrews 11:31)

Following are a number of back-translations of Hebrews 11:31:

  • Uma: “From Rahab’s faith, she was not killed along with her fellow villagers, who did not submit to God. This Rahab was a woman whose behavior was not respectable. But when several Yahudi soldiers went to take-a-look-at the village of Yerikho, she hosted them in [lit., caused-them-to-stop-in] her house and helped them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “There in the town Ariha was a woman who committed adultery called Rahab. Even though she was a bad woman she believed-obeyed God and she helped the spies of the people of Isra’il. Therefore when the people in that place were killed by the people of Isra’il, Rahab was not included being killed because she trusted in God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There was there in the town of Jericho a woman whose behavior was filthy and she was called Rahab. But in spite of that, when the messengers of Moses came secretly to check up on the strength of that town, Rahab believed in God and she helped those people. And a long time after that when her companions who did not believe in God, were massacred, she was not included with them because of her faith in God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “In that city, there was a woman named Rahab who was a prostitute (lit. her womanhood was being-paid-for). But because she believed in God, she showed-hospitality (in a good sense) to the Israelita who went to spy on her town and she helped them. Therefore she wasn’t included in the killing of her townmates who refused to believe in God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “And Rahab, that woman from Jerico whose habit/ways were not good for her body was her means-of-earning-money, because she had believed/obeyed God she caused the surveyors to enter/stay-at her house and she welcomed them well. Therefore she was not included in-being-killed with her fellow-countrymen who had not submitted to God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “There was a woman named Rahab, a citizen of Jericho who was a prostitute and she also believed that it is true what God says. Therefore she didn’t die along with the citizens of Jericho. Because this woman gave a resting place to the Jews who went to spy the country beforehand.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
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