Following are a number of back-translations of James 2:19:
- Uma: “Do we believe that God is just one? That is true. But just that is not enough! Even the demons, they too believe that God is just one. That’s why they shiver carried by their fear.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “You (sing.) believe that God is one? It is good that you (sing.) believe it. But that is not enough, for even the demons believe also that God is one. But they shake because of their fear of him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If we believe that there is only one God, that is very good, however it is not yet enough. For even the demons believe like that. However they tremble with fear, for they know that they will be punished in the future.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You (sing.) admittedly believe that there is only-one God, and that is admittedly good. But even also the demons, they indeed also believe that and they tremble with their fear because of God’s future judging them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “You say you believe that there is only one God. That’s good. But it’s clear that it can’t cause you to be saved if that’s the limit of believing, only acknowledging-as-true, because even the evil-spirits, they also acknowledge as true that there is this God, but well, they cower in fear of the endless punishment which is being held in store for them.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “You believe that there is just one God. It is good that you believe that only one God lives. But also even the evil spirits believe that there is only one God, and these evil spirits are shaking in fear of what must come to them.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
