complete verse (Genesis 7:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 7:4:

  • Kankanaey: “Because when seven days go (by), I will send rain, and it will continue-without-letup to rain-hard for forty days and nights until all that I created on this surface of the earth will drown.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Seven days from now I will cause rain to come on the earth. This rain will come for 40 days and 40 nights. I will annihilate everything that lives on the earth that I made.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “For after seven days from now, I will-cause- (it) -to-rain the whole earth for [lit. inside of] 40 days and 40 nights, so-that all that I made will-die.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Do this because seven days from now I will cause rain to fall on the earth. It will rain constantly for 40 days and nights. By doing that, I will destroy everything that I have made that is on the earth.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)