Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 5:12:
- Kupsabiny: “So, I shall make Israel suffer
and inflict wounds on Judah.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “Since it is like that, I will become like a moth for Ephraim and
like rotten wood for the house of Judah.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “Its-as-if I (am) like an insect that gnaws Israel and Juda.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I will destroy the people of Israel like larvae of moths/cockroaches destroy wool,
and I will cause the people of Judah to be like rotten wood.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
