complete verse (Job 21:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 21:1:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then Job answered,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then Job replied,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then Job replied,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then Job replied,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Translation commentary on Job 21:1

Then Job answered: see 4.1 for a discussion of answered.

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 .