complete verse (Hosea 11:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 11:11:

  • Kupsabiny: “They will come from Egypt with trembling like a bird
    and come from Assyria like doves.
    I will make them live/stay in their homes.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “They will come from Egypt,
    scared and trembling like sparrows,
    and from Assyria like doves.
    I will give them their own dwellings to live in,"
    says the LORD.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) will-arrive swiftly like the birds from Egipto or like the doves from Asiria. I will-cause- you (plur.) again -to- dwell/live in your (plur.) houses. I, the LORD, (am) the-(one) saying this.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Some of you will come swiftly from Egypt
    like a flock of birds;
    others will return from Assyria, like doves.
    I will enable you to live in your homes in Israel again.
    That will surely happen, because I, Yahweh, have said it.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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