complete verse (Psalm 88:6)

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)
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