complete verse (Job 39:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 39:13:

  • Kupsabiny: “The wings of the ostrich are happily flapping
    but it is not flying like a stork.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The wings of the ostrich flutter with joy,
    but it is not able to fly like the stork.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘(It is) beautiful to-look-at the wing(s) of the ostrits/ostrich when it flaps, but it can- not -match with the beauty of the wings of a tulabong/sort-of-white-heron.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “’“Think also about the ostriches. They joyfully flap their wings,
    but they do not have wing feathers that enable them to fly like storks do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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