complete verse (Psalm 5:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 5:9:

  • Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
    “There is no word coming from their mouth that can be trusted;
    their heart is full of destruction.
    Their throat is like an open grave;
    with their tongue they speak deceits.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Newari:
    “There is no truth in their mouths.
    Their hearts are only filled with destruction.
    their throat is like an open grave,
    with their tongues they speak only deceit.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon:
    “What my enemies say/are-saying can- not -be-trusted
    for their desire is to-destroy others.
    Their words are dangerous like an open grave.
    What they tell (is) purely deceit.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru:
    “The group that hates me, as for the words of their voice that come out of their mouths, they are not true at all. They think exclusively of evil. Their mouths speak cleverly and pleasantly, but their gall bladders are like graves of the dead that no one has filled in.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Laarim:
    “I can not put matters from mouths if my enemies in my heart,
    their hearts think way of spoiling others.
    Their throats are like open graves,
    they speak in their hearts, matters which are lies.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
  • Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
    “kwa maana mdomoni mwao haumo ukweli.
    Mioyo yao imejaa uharibifu,
    midomo yao iko kama vile makaburi ambayo yako wazi,
    ndimi zao zinasema uongo.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
  • English:
    “My enemies never say what is true;
    they just want to destroy others.
    The things that they say are as foul as an open grave where a corpse is decaying.
    They use their tongues to tell lies.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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