Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 22:16:
- Kupsabiny: “The flood swept those people away
even before their day/time had arrived.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “They have been swept away before their time,
their foundations have been washed away by flood waters.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “They died before their time; they were like the foundation of a house washed-away by a flood.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “They suddenly died while they were still young;
they disappeared like everything disappears when there is a flood.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
