complete verse (Jeremiah 37:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 37:18:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then I asked the king, ‘What wrong have I done to you, your leaders or these people, so that you captured me and closed me up in the house of prisoners?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then Jeremias asked the king, ‘What is my sin that I have committed to you, to your officials, and to the people that you had me imprisoned?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then I asked the king, ‘What crime have I committed against you or against your officials or against the Israeli people, with the result that you have commanded that I be put in a prison?” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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