complete verse (1 Kings 8:32)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 8:32:

  • Kupsabiny: “listen to him from above oh God. You punish the one with a wrongdoing/evil, but you set free the upright one.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “You, hearing from heaven, please act in accordance with it. Please do justice between your servants. Give the correct punishment to the guilty one and set the one who is not guilty free.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “hear this case there in heaven and judge your servants — the one-who-accuses and the one-who-is-being-accused. Punish the one-who-sinned according to his deed, and set-free the one-who- has no -sin so-that it-will-come-out that he is innocent.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “then you listen from heaven, and decide who is telling the truth. Then punish the person who is guilty as he deserves to be punished, and declare that the other person is innocent.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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