Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 33:17:
- Kupsabiny: “Joseph has strength like a young bull
and has horns like those of a male buffalo.
He shall crash into other communities
and chase (them) away to the end of the world.
(He/they) have countless men of Ephraim
and many thousands from Manasseh.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “They have power like that of a young bull.
Their horns are like the horns of a wild ox.
With them they will even charge the nations to the corners of the earth
The ten-thousands of the tribe of Ephraim are like this.
The thousands of the tribe of Manasseh are like this."” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “His strength is like the strength of a first-born/kamagulangan bull.
His power is like the power of the horn of a wild ox.
By this he will-destroy the nations even those in the distant/far-away part in the world.
This is my blessing to many peoples of Efraim and Manase.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation) - English: “The descendants of Joseph will be as strong as a bull;
with their weapons they will wound their enemies, like a wild ox gores other animals with its horns.
They will force other people-groups,
all of them, to be exiled to the most distant places on the earth.
That is what the descendants of the two sons of Joseph will do,
the ten thousands of the tribe of Ephraim and the thousands of the tribe of Manasseh.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
