Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 1:9:
- Kupsabiny: “Then God stretched out his hand to touch my mouth, and he said to me,
‘Look I have put my words in your mouth.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “Then the LORD touched my mouth and said, ‘I (am) giving to you (sing.) now my words which you (sing.) will-say.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then it was as though Yahweh touched my mouth and said, ‘Listen to me! I am putting my message into your mouth/telling you what you must speak.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
