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)
