complete verse (Isaiah 10:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 10:15:

  • Kupsabiny: “Does an axe exalt itself to be
    fierce more that the person who uses it to split firewood?
    Or is the saw above the person who cuts with it?
    A walking stick cannot rise above the person who holds it,
    and a whip cannot carry the person who carries it.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Can the axe raise itself above who use it?
    Can the saw raise itself above who use it?
    As if a stick itself uses a man who uses it
    Or a wooden hammer itself lifts the one who is not wood.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Is the ax or the saw above than the one-who-uses it? Is the something-to-hit can-lift-up the one-who-holds it?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
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