complete verse (Hosea 12:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 12:8:

  • Kupsabiny: “Ephraim boasts saying,
    ‘I have great wealth and I am rich.
    But there is no one who is able to say that
    I got this wealth in a bad way.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Ephraim says boastingly,
    "I am very rich, I have become rich.
    they will not find any iniquity or sin in me."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) who come-from-Israel even boast, ‘We (incl.) were-able-to-gather wealth and we (incl.) (are) now very rich. No one can-accuse us (incl.) that we (incl.) were-able-to-gather wealth in a bad way.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The people of Israel boast, saying
    ‘We are very rich ;
    and we got all that money by our own efforts,
    and without committing any sin.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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