complete verse (Job 18:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 18:1:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then Bildad said to Job,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then Bildad Shuhite responded, saying,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then Bildad who comes-from-Shua replied,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)

Translation commentary on Job 18:1

For comments on the name of Bildad the Shuhite, see 2.11.

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 .