complete verse (Isaiah 23:2)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 23:2:

  • Kupsabiny: “Be quiet you who touch/are near the ocean.
    Cry in silence you traders of Sidon.
    Those people who went to buy things for you crossed the ocean
    and made your city wealthy.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “O people of the islands, O merchants of Sidon!
    Be still [you] who were made rich by merchants who stay on the ocean.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Listen you (plur.) who dwell/reside in the islands including you (plur.) who are merchants of Sidon. Your (plur.) merchants who cause- you (plur.) -to-become-rich are-traveling” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “You people who live along the coast near Tyre, and merchants of Sidon city, mourn silently.
    Your sailors went across the seas to many places like Tyre.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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