Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 7:12:
- Kupsabiny: “But I will catch them in nets when they are going.
I will catch them like fish are caught.
I will punish them for all the evil they have done.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “When they go, then I will spread my net over them.
I will bring them down like the birds of the sky.
When I hear them gathering like a flock of birds,
then I will catch them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “But while they go to those places, I will-stop- them -from-doing-(that) like a bird which was-trapped in a net and pulled down. I will-punish them according to what- I already -said in their gatherings.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But wherever they go to get help,
I will not allow them to succeed;
it will be as though I will throw a net over them
like a hunter uses a net to capture birds;
I will punish them for the evil things that they do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
