Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:37:
- Kupsabiny: “Who can say something and it happens
if God has not accepted/allowed it?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “Until the Lord gives the order,
what someone said will not be fulfilled.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “There is nothing that will-happen without the permission/approval of the Lord.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “No one can command something to happen and then cause it to happen
if Yahweh has not already decided that it should happen.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
