Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 37:25:
- Kupsabiny: βI dug wells in other countries,
and drank the water from them.
I stepped with my feet
on the rivers of Egypt to dry them up.ββ (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: βI have dug wells and drunk the water of foreign countries.
and with the sole of my foot I have dried up all the rivers of Egypt."β (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: βI have-cause-to-dug wells in other places, and drunk from these wells. As I passed-by, the streams in Egypt have-dried-up.ββ (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: βWe have dug wells in many countries and drunk water from them.
And by marching through the streams of Egypt,
we dried them all up !ββ (Source: Translation for Translators)
