complete verse (Hosea 1:7)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 1:7:

  • Kupsabiny: “But I will show mercy to the people of Judah. I alone am their God who will save those people, and I shall not be using their arrows, their swords or the soldiers of horses.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “But I will show love to the house of Judah. Their deliverance will be accomplished not by bows, arrows and swords nor by battle and horsemen but by the LORD their God."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But I will-show-mercy to the people of Juda. I, the LORD their God, will-save them by-means of my power not by-means of war — by bow-and-arrow, by sword, by horses or by horse riders.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But I will-show-mercy to those-from-Juda and I will-save/rescue them. Not by-means-of war, sword, bow/arrow, horses or soldiers will-be- my -way to save/rescue them but rather by-means-of my own power whom am Yahweh their God.’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “But I will show that I love the people of Judah by saving them from their enemies. However, it will not be by weapons and armies or horses and chariots that I will save them. Instead, it will be by the power that I, Yahweh their God, have.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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