Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 30:18:
- Kupsabiny: “God seizes my collar and squeezes me like a cloth
that has been squeezed to shrink.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “With great strength God grabs my clothing.
He seizes me by the collar of my robe.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “With/By God’s extreme strength, he grasped- me -by-the-collar. He held me by the collar” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “It is as though God seizes my clothes
and chokes me with the collar of my coat.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
