complete verse (Zechariah 11:2)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 11:2:

  • Kupsabiny: “Let the cypresses scream
    because those big cedars have fallen.
    Let the oaks of Bashan wail
    because the forest has been felled.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Weep, you pine trees! For the cedars have fallen.
    Tall and beautiful trees have fallen.
    Howl, oh you oaks of Bashan,
    the trees of the dense forest have been felled.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “And now that the beautiful and thickest trees of cedar were-ruined, the cypress trees will- also -be-ruined and the oak/terebinto trees of Bashan.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
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