complete verse (Isaiah 37:27)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 37:27:

  • Kupsabiny: “The people of those cities have no more power
    and they don’t know what to do.
    They are like things that grow in fields that have been tilled
    like grass that grows on a roof or when the sun has burned them, they dry up.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “So those who live there have become weak.
    They have become dismayed and feel shame.
    Like the grass of the field,
    like the soft grass,
    before it becomes long, sprouting on the roof of the house
    [they] have become like shriveled grass.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The residents of the towns which you (sing.) have-destroyed lost strength; they were afraid and put-to-shame. They were like a grass in the field which easily withers or grass that grow on the roof of the house, when it sprouts (it) immediately becomes dry.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The people in those cities have no power,
    and as a result they are dismayed and discouraged.
    They are as frail as grass and plants in the fields,
    as frail as grass that grows on the roofs of houses
    and is scorched by the hot east wind.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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