complete verse (Jeremiah 51:41)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 51:41:

  • Kupsabiny: “(People) boasted greatly of Babylon all the time!
    But it is surely a surprise when it will be captured!
    Yes, it will be so terrible
    in the eyes of other nations!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “How Babilonia was fallen, the nation being-praised by the whole world! What had-happened to her was-terrifying to look at!” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “People all over the earth now honor/praise Babylon;
    they say that it is a great city.
    But I will cause it to become a place about which people of all nations are horrified.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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