complete verse (Isaiah 23:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 23:17:

  • Kupsabiny: “When seventy years have passed, God will remember/think about Tyre. The people of that city will return to their relatives and their former person of trade, going to buy and sell all their things to all countries in great quantity.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “After the 70 years the LORD will be concerned for Tyre and it will go back again to the work of a prostitute, and she will do business with all the kingdoms of the world.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “After 70 years, the LORD will-remember Tyre. But Tyre will do what she had-done in the time-past, like what the woman who sells her body does. She will-do the bad-thing so-that she can-earn-money from all the kingdoms of the world.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “It is true that after seventy years Yahweh will restore Tyre. Their merchants will again earn a lot of money by buying things from and selling things to many other nations.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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