complete verse (Joshua 15:35)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joshua 15:35:

  • Kupsabiny: “Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Jarmut, Adulam, Soco, Azeka,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ecclesiastes 5:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ecclesiastes 5:14:

  • Kupsabiny: “but then he may lose (it) so that there is nothing left for his child to inherit.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “And because of some misfortune that happened to him
    the wealth and property that he had collected, was lost.
    And in case he has children there will be nothing left for them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “or this can-be-lost in not good business, and nothing now will-be-left for his children.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “because something happens that causes their money to be gone,
    and when they die,
    there is no money for their children to get/inherit.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 25:47)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 25:47:

  • Kupsabiny: “A person of Israel may become so poor that he sells his life to a person who is a foreigner who is wealthy.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “’Suppose it happens that a person who came from outside to live in your place becomes rich, and brothers who live in your land, having become poor, if they sell themselves into his hand, ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If a poor Israelite sells himself/[his own self] as a slave to a rich foreigner who is-living among you (plur.) or to the blood-relative of that foreigner,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘If a foreigner who is living among you becomes rich, and if one of your fellow Israelis becomes poor and sells himself to that foreigner or to a member of his clan/family,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (2 Chronicles 29:32)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Chronicles 29:32:

  • Kupsabiny: “All the animals that were brought to be given as sacrifices to be burnt completely were seventy bulls, one hundred rams and two hundred young sheep.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The people of the assembly bought 70 bulls, 100 rams and 200 male lambs for burnt offerings.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The number of burnt offerings that the assembly/people had-brought was 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 lambs.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Altogether they brought 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 male lambs to be completely burned on the altar.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 30:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 30:12:

  • Newari: “Leah’s maid servant Zilpah again gave birth to another son by Jacob.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Zilpa gave-birth again to a son [linker] her/[lit. their] second child with/of Jacob.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Later Leah’s slave, Zilpah, gave birth to another son for Jacob.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (1 Kings 10:24)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 10:24:

  • Kupsabiny: “People would come from many countries to listen to the wisdom that God had given Solomon.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “All the people of the earth wanted to come and meet with him in order to hear the wisdom that God had put in his mind.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The people in all nations is-striving to see Solomon so-that they can-listen to the wisdom that God gave him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “People from all over the world wanted to come and listen to the wise things that Solomon said, things that God had put into his mind.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Zephaniah 1:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zephaniah 1:13:

  • Kupsabiny: “Enemies will plunder the things of those people and dismantle their houses. Even though they have built new houses, they shall never get the chance to stay there or even drink the wine from the vines that they have planted.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Their wealth will be plundered,
    and their houses will be destroyed.
    If they build houses, they will not live in there.
    Even they plant vineyards, they will not drink the wine.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Their possessions will-be-plundered and their houses will-be-destroyed. They will- not -live/dwell in the houses that they built/erect/cause-to-stand. And they (will) not (be) the-(ones-who) will-drink the wine from the grapes that they planted.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)

complete verse (Joshua 16:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joshua 16:4:

  • Kupsabiny: “The clan of Manasse and that of Ephraim who were of the house of Joseph got their land.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “In this way the sons of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim’s descendants of got their portion.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “This is the portion that the tribes of Manase and Efraim who (were) the descendants of Jose received.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “That is the land that the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh were allotted.” (Source: Translation for Translators)