Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 104:8:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“You sank down mountains,
they descended to the valleys
to the place where you prepared for them.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation) - Newari:
“And they flowed through the mountains and valleys
to the place You had made for them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon:
“And they flowed to the mountains and to the valleys,
and to other places that you (sing.) prepared for them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation) - Laarim:
“they came and flowed down the mountains
flowed to the valleys,
to go to the place where you built for them.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation) - Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Yakashuka kutoka katika milima,
yakafika katika mabonde,
yakaenda mahali ambapo uliyawekea.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation) - English:
“Mountains rose up from the water, and the valleys sank down
to the levels that you had determined for them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)