complete verse (Jeremiah 36:29)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 36:29:

  • Kupsabiny: “And again say to the king of Judah: I God am asking you why did you burn those writing? And why did you ask Jeremiah, ‘What is wrong with you to write that the king of Babylon will come to destroy this land and kill people and animals?’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then tell the king that this is what I say, ‘You burned the rolled-up writing for it says there that the king of Babilonia would surely destroy this land and would-kill the people and the animals.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then go to the king and say to him, ‘Yahweh says this: ‘You burned the scroll because you did not like what was written on it, that the king of Babylon would surely come with his army and destroy this land and get rid of all the people and the animals.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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