complete verse (Job 28:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 28:9:

  • Kupsabiny: “Those people dig very hard stones.
    (they) dig up hills to lay the roots bare.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Men cut the hard rocks with their own hands,
    and overturn the roots of the mountains.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “People are-digging-up the very-hard/(flinty) rock even the deep portion of the mountain.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Miners tear apart very hard rock;
    it is as though they turn the mountains upside down to get the ore.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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