Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 7:14:
- Kupsabiny: “I swept these people away to go and live in other countries as when a whirlwind sweeps things away. So, this beautiful country shall remain as a deserted place where no one is living.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “’I scattered them among unknown nations like a whirlwind. Thus their land became a desolate place. No one came and went there. Because they did not listen to my word, that pleasant land became desolate.’"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I’m just like a whirlwind who/that scattered them to places that they have- not -been-to. They left their good land that can- no-longer -be-utilized and can- no-longer -be-lived-in.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “And I caused them to be scattered among many nations, where they were strangers. It was as though a whirlwind picked them up and carried them away from their country. The country/land that they were forced to leave was ruined, with the result that no one could live there or even travel through it. It was previously a delightful land, but they caused it to become desolate/like a desert.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
