complete verse (1 Kings 18:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 18:10:

  • Kupsabiny: “I say to you in the name of your God who sees me that the king has looked for you all over the land/world. Whenever a king of another land told him that you were not in his land, Ahab would make that king to make an oath, showing in truth that you are not there.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “As surely as the Lord your God lives, I swear, there is no nation or kingdom to which my master has not sent people to search for you. If the king of any land said Elijah is not in my land, King Ahab would cause that king to swear an oath that the report that he had given was true.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I am telling the truth in the presence of the living LORD, your God, that there-is no nation or kingdom that my master has- not -sent a man to look for you. When the leaders/[lit. heads] of those nations and kingdoms say that you were not in their place, Ahab have- them -swear that they have- not really -seen you.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh your God knows that I am telling the truth when I solemnly declare that King Ahab has searched in every kingdom all over the world to find you. Each time that some king said to him, ‘Elijah is not here,’ Ahab demanded that the king of that country solemnly swear/declare that the king was telling the truth.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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