Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 17:5:
- Kupsabiny: “A person who has decided to betray friends,
calamity shall come to his children.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “A person who defames his friends for a reward,
the eyes of his sons will become dim.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “They are like a man who betrays his friends in-order to gain-money, which is the reason of the suffering of their children.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘What will happen is that the lives of wicked people like you end
as quickly as we can put out a light or extinguish the flame of a fire.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
