Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 88:6:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“You put me right at the very bottom of the pit,
in deep place of great darkness.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation) - Newari:
“You have put me in the lowest pit,
in a very dark deep place.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon:
“(It) seems that you (sing.) throw me into a very deep and dark pit.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation) - Laarim:
“You threw me in the deep hole to the hole of the death,
where it is dark much, and very deep.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation) - Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Umenitupa mimi katika kina kirefu sana,
kwenye giza sana, katika shimo.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation) - English:
“It is as though you have thrown me into a deep, dark pit,
into a place where they throw corpses.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
