complete verse (Job 28:19)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 28:19:

  • Kupsabiny: “Wisdom cannot be compared with pure gold
    nor the way any stone from Cush is.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The topaz of the country of Cush cannot be compared with it.
    It cannot be purchased with fine gold.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “This can- not -be-equaled with topasio/topaz from Etiopia and this can- not -be-bought with pure gold.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I was like a tree whose roots reach down into the water
    and whose branches become wet with dew each night.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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