complete verse (Job 1:7)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 1:7:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then God asked that Enemy, ‘Where do you come from?’ The Enemy answered, ‘I come from where I have been wandering around!’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The LORD asked him, "Where have you come from?"
    He said, "I have come here, having wandered hither and thither on the earth."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The LORD said to Satanas, ‘Where have- you (sing.) -been?’ Satanas replied to the LORD, ‘I roamed-around on the earth.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh asked Satan, ‘Where have you come from?’
    Satan replied, ‘I have come from the earth, where I been traveling back and forth, seeing what is happening.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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