complete verse (Isaiah 40:19)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 40:19:

  • Kupsabiny: “God is not like an idol
    that a craftsman has formed
    covering it with gold
    and beautified it with silver.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “An idol is made by a craftsman.
    The goldsmith covers it with gold [lit wraps gold on it],
    then [he] makes a silver chain for it.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “(Is it) to the little-gods/false-gods which are-made by a carpenter, and overlaid with gold and decorated with silver chains?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “What I proclaimed, I did not speak secretly
    or hide what I was saying by speaking in a dark place.
    When I spoke to the descendants of Jacob,
    I did not tell them
    ‘It will be useless for you to seek for/pray to me!’
    I, Yahweh, speak only what is true and what is right.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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