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)
