complete verse (1 Samuel 14:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 14:11:

  • Kupsabiny: “After that, Jonathan with that man showed (them)selves to those Philistines. And when the Philistines saw them, they said that, ‘The Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they had hidden.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “So they went openly [lit. visibly] to the camp of the Philistines. And the Philistines said, "Look! [Could it be that] the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they were hiding."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When both of them let-(themselves)-be-seen/showed-(themselves) there at the place-of-watching/outpost of the Filistinhon, the Filistinhon mocked/ridiculed them saying, ‘[You (plur.)] look at the Hebrews! They have-come-out of the holes where- they -were-hiding.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When the two of them crossed the valley, the Philistia soldiers saw them coming. They said, ‘Look! The Hebrews are crawling out of the holes in which they have been hiding!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)