Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 22:18:
- Kupsabiny: “But is was God who brought them good things.
So, I am not thinking like their heads!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “Yet He has caused their house to be full of very good things.
So I will stay away from the counsel of the wicked.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “But God was- the -one-who-filled their houses with good things. Therefore whatever these wicked people will-advise, I will- not [intensifier] -listen.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But it was God who filled their houses with good things,
so I cannot at all understand why wicked people think like they do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
