complete verse (Job 28:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 28:5:

  • Kupsabiny: “Food grows on top of the soil/earth,
    but inside is it stirred up as if a fire had ravaged (it)” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Grain comes from the earth,
    but inside it a fire is burning.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Above the ground plants grow where food comes from, but below the ground as-if (it is) formed by fire.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Food grows on the surface of the ground,
    but down under the ground, where there is no food, the miners make fires to break apart the rocks.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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