complete verse (Job 16:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 16:8:

  • Kupsabiny: “You have made me suffer from sickness for a long time
    and I have grown thin until I am only bones.
    That makes people say that I have done wrong.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “You have tied me up. and this matter is a witness.
    I have become thin and skinny, I have become just skin and bones. This testifies against me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) caused- me -to-shrivel-up; I am now extremely thin, and according to others this proves that I have-sinned.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “He has shriveled me up,
    and people think that shows that I am a sinner.
    And people see that I am only skin and bones,
    and they think that proves that I am guilty.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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