Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 7:9:
- Kupsabiny: “Foreigners are eating up their strength and they do not realize it.
They have become old and tired and do not know it.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “Foreigners have destroyed his strength,
but he doesn’t know it.
His hair is sprinkled with gray,
but he doesn’t know it.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “Other nations take-away their ability, but they have- not -noticed it. They (are) like an old-one whose hair is-becoming-white already but he has- not -noticed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Joining with the rulers of foreign nations has caused Israel to be a weak nation,
but the Israelis do not realize that.
Israel has become like a gray-haired old man,
but the people of Israel do not realize it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
