complete verse (Hosea 10:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 10:9:

  • Kupsabiny: “God says,
    ‘Oh, Israel, you have sinned
    from those days of Gibeah
    and you have remained like that.
    Might not war finish those sinners in Gibeah?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The LORD says, "O Israel, from the time that you sinned in Gibeah even until now,
    you have not stopped sinning against me.
    Did not war against
    evil doers befall them in Gibeah?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The LORD said, ‘You (plur.) people of Israel continue to sin since the time that your (plur.) ancestors sinned at Gibea. You (plur.) never/(intensifier) changed. Therefore you (plur.) descendants of the wicked-ones will-be-attacked at Gibeah.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “You people of Israel, ever since your ancestors did evil things at Gibeah,
    you have continued to sin.
    When the people at Gibeah did evil things,
    the result was a war in which thousands of people died.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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