Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 6:6:
- Kupsabiny: “Can a tasteless thing really be eaten?
Is the white part of an egg really sweet?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “Is tasteless food edible without salt?
Is there any taste in the white of the egg?” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “A man also complains if his food has-no salt, especially if what he is-eating is only the white of an egg.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “People complain when they must eat food which has no salt
or other tasteless food ,
and that is what your words are like, Eliphaz.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
