Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 20:7:
- Kupsabiny: “Oh, God, you have pulled my head
until I became stupid.
You have more power than me,
and you overpowered me until you sat on me.
People sneer at me
and insult me all day long.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “O LORD, you (sing.) deceived and won-over me. I became a laughingstock to the people, and their mocking of me has no stopping.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “One day I said this to Yahweh:
‘Yahweh, when you chose me to be a prophet,you deceived me, and I allowed you to deceive me.
You insisted that I become a prophet and you are stronger than I am.
And now everyone ridicules me.
They make fun of me all the day.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
