complete verse (Job 16:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 16:13:

  • Kupsabiny: “He sent arrows at me from every side.
    Those arrows hit me to wound me
    and he had no pity at all for me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “His archers are all around me,
    One who has no compassion pierces my kidneys.
    He pours out my gall on the ground.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “His archers surrounded me, and hit-(me)-with-bow-and-arrow without mercy/pity. My kidney was-pierced, and my gall overflowed on the ground.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “people are surrounding me and shooting arrows at me.
    His arrows pierce my kidneys
    and cause the bile from my liver to spill onto the ground,
    and God does not pity me at all.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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