complete verse (Job 20:21)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 20:21:

  • Kupsabiny: “When they are fed/given food, they eat the food until they lick the plates!
    So, their wealth does not stay for long.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Nothing could escape his greed,
    so his good days will not remain for long [lit.: many days].” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But nothing is left for him that he can eat, for his wealth will-vanish.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When they finished eating their food, there was never anything left over because they had greedily eaten it all;
    but now their prosperity will end.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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