complete verse (Matthew 10:30)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 10:30:

  • Uma: “Yet God’s care for you surpasses [that]. He knows you so well, even the number of your hairs God counts and knows all.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Na, more so you, God will not forget you. Even of your hair he knows as to how many there are.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But as for you, his care for you is far greater, because even the hairs of your head, he has counted them already.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Especially-more you people! Because even your hairs, he knows their number.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But he values you much more. The truth is, even your hair, he has all of it counted.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Very much does God care for you. Even your hairs are counted one by one.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
  • Gun: “Concerning you, it is the counting of all the hair that is on your head that God knows.” (Gun does not use the passive voice so an agent had to be chosen) (Source: Emmanuel K. Kogon in The Bible Translator 2017, p. 238ff. )
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