Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 23:8:
- Kupsabiny: “Even if I wished to go towards the East I would not find (him).
Or if I thought to look for him in the West, but no!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “If I go to the east, He is not there.
If I go to the west, I do not find [lit.: recognize] Him ” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “‘I have-looked for God around — in the east, west, north, and south — but I did- not -find him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘But, I have gone to the east, and he is not there;
I have gone to the west, but I have not found him there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
