complete verse (Job 14:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 14:13:

  • Kupsabiny: “I wish you would throw me to the underworld,
    for me to stay there until your anger has subsided,
    and then prepare an opportunity for you to save me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If you would hide me in the grave
    and if you would hide me until your anger subsides,
    then, having decided on a time for me,
    how nice it would be if [you] would remember me. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘O LORD, wish that you (sing.) would just hide me in the place of the dead-ones till your (sing.) anger has-passed, and you (sing.) would-set-up a time to remember me there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “’Yahweh, I wish that you would put me safely in the place of the dead and forget about me
    until you are no longer angry with me.
    I wish that you would decide how much time I would spend there,
    and then remember that I am there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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