complete verse (Deuteronomy 4:28)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 4:28:

  • Kupsabiny: “Do not in that place go and worship idols that are stones and trees that people shape so as to worship (them). Those things cannot see and do not hear anything. They do not eat and are unable to smell anything.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “There you will worship gods of wood and stone made by human hands that are not able to see, not able to hear, not able to eat, [and] not able to smell.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “And there you (plur.) will-worship gods which are made by man from wood and stone, which can- not -see, hear, eat, or smell.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When you are in those nations, you will worship gods that are made of wood and stone, gods made by humans, gods that cannot see anything or hear anything or eat anything or smell anything.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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