complete verse (Job 15:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 15:1:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then Eliphaz answered,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then Eliphaz, the Temanite [lit.: of Tema] answered,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then Elifaz who comes-from-Teman replied,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)

Translation commentary on Job 15:1

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered: see 4.1 for discussion.

Quoted with permission from Reyburn, Wiliam. A Handbook on Job. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1992. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .