Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 16:15:
- Kupsabiny: “I put on sackcloth while mourning
I sat in this dust while being defeated.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “I have sewn sackcloth to cover my body,
I have buried my forehead in the dust. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “I am-clothed in/with a sack and sit on the ground for mourning.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘Because I am mourning, I wear pieces of rough cloth that I have sewed together,
and I sit here in the dirt, very depressed/discouraged.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
