complete verse (Isaiah 29:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 29:17:

  • Kupsabiny: “Only a few days have remained,
    for Lebanon to become a field with fruits
    and that field shall again become a forest.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “What! Will not Lebanon soon be changing into a nicely fruit-bearing grain field?
    And will not the fields that produce grain [so] nicely, look like forests?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “In a very short time the forest of Lebanon will-become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field will-become a forest.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Soon the forests in Lebanon will become fertile fields,
    and abundant crops will grow in those fields,
    and that will happen very soon.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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