Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 20:16:
- Kupsabiny: “May God destroy that person
as he crushed those cities that he did not have mercy on.
May that person hear screaming in the morning,
and words of war at midday,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “May that man become like the towns that the LORD have-destroyed without mercy. May he hear the screams and groanings of people in war all-day long.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Allow him to be destroyed like the cities that Yahweh destroyed long ago,
without acting mercifully toward them.
Cause that man to hear the people wailing in the morning,
and to hear the enemy soldiers shout their battle cries at noon.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
