complete verse (Job 17:7)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 17:7:

  • Kupsabiny: “The (my) eyes are red from tears
    and I have become thin until I am like the size of grass.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Due to much anxiety my eyes have become dim,
    my whole body has become like a shadow.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “My sight now become-blurry from sadness; as-if spirit/soul now I am in-slinderness/[or: almost now as thin as a shadow]” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “My sight has become dim/I cannot see well because I am extremely sad,
    and my arms and legs are very thin, with the result that they almost do not cast a shadow.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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