Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Nahum 2:7:
- Kupsabiny: “People are caught and taken away! Women are crying in the city lamenting like doves and beating their thighs.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “It is decreed that
the city will be seized
and her servant girls like doves
beat on their chest in mourning.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “(It) was-declared already that you (plur.) will-be-taken-captive and will-be-brought to other place. Your (plur.) female servants will-groan as-if-like doves while they beat their heart in mourning.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The queen will have her clothes stripped off her by enemy soldiers,
and her slave girls will moan like doves
and beat their breasts to show that they are very sad.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
