Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 22:17:
- Kupsabiny: “These were the people that had refused God,
thinking that he was unable to do anything for them.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “Those people said to God, ‘Leave us alone!
What can the Almighty do to us?’” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “They said to the Almighty God, ‘Just leave- us (excl.) -alone! What can- you (sing.) -do for us (excl.)?’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “They kept saying to God, ‘Do not bother us,’
and they also said defiantly, ‘Almighty God can do nothing to harm us!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
