complete verse (Job 14:2)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 14:2:

  • Kupsabiny: “A person grows like a flower blooms,
    but then (it/he) dies like the flower falls.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “He blossoms like a flower and then withers and dries.
    He disappears like a shadow and ceases to exist.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “We (excl.) are like a flower that blossoms and withers soon, or like a shadow that quickly disappears.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “We disappear quickly, like flowers that grow from the ground quickly and then wither and die.
    We are like shadows that disappear when the sun stops shining.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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