complete verse (Job 16:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 16:12:

  • Kupsabiny: “I was enjoying myself
    but God took me at the neck/throat and crushed me!
    He worked on me trying his skill of shooting/kicking.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “I was living at ease,
    but He pulverized me,
    He seized me by the neck and broke me in pieces.
    He has made me his target.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “My well-being/situation was good/well in the time-past, but he destroyed me. (It is) as-if he choked me and crushed-(me). He has-made me his target.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Previously, I was living peacefully,
    but he crushed me;
    it is as though he grabbed my neck and smashed me to pieces.
    It is as though he set me up like a target;” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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