complete verse (Numbers 22:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 22:8:

  • Kupsabiny: “Balaam answered those people, ‘Stay overnight, and tomorrow when it dawns, I shall tell you what God is going to tell me.’ The leaders of Moab stayed with Balaam.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Balaam said to them, "Stay here tonight, then just as the LORD speaks to me, that word I will tell you." Since it was like that, the emissaries of the Moabite king took shelter with him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “And Balaam said to them, ‘You (plur.) just sleep here tonight, and I will-tell you (plur.) tomorrow if what the LORD will-say to me.’ So the leaders/[lit. heads] of Moab slept there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Balaam said, ‘Stay here tonight. Tomorrow morning I will tell you whatever Yahweh tells me that I should say to you.’
    So the leaders from Moab stayed there that night.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Job 10:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 10:9:

  • Kupsabiny: “Don’t you know that you created me from clay?
    So do you want again to cover me under soil?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Please remember that you shaped me like clay.
    Will you mix me into the dust again?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Remember that you (sing.) formed me from the ground, and now you (sing.) will- now -return me to the ground?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Do not forget that you made me from a piece of clay;
    are you going to cause me to become dirt again?” (Source: Translation for Translators)