complete verse (Job 3:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 3:12:

  • Kupsabiny: “Oh, why did my mother give birth to me?
    It was in vain that she nursed me!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Why were there knees to accept me
    and a breast to give me drink?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Why did my mother put- me -on-(her)-lap and cause-(me)-to-suck-(her)-breast?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I wish that my mother had not allowed me to live.
    I wish that she had not nursed me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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