complete verse (Judges 11:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Judges 11:3:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then Jephthah fled from his brothers and went to stay in a country/area called Tob. Jephthah was a very skilled warrior. While he was there, he gathered a gang of people who all went around stealing.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Since it was like that, in order to be delivered from the hand of his elder and younger brothers, Jephthah went to live in the land of Tob. Then he brought together a group of useless men [and] they wandered about with him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Therefore Jefta fled from them and lived in Tob, where one group of trouble-makers went-with him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So Jephthah ran away from his brothers, and he went to the Tob region. While he was there, some worthless men started to spend a lot of time with him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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