complete verse (Hosea 7:9)

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)
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