Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 30:3:
- Kupsabiny: “They were so poor that they went around digging for roots in the desert
in order to chew (them) because of famine so they would not go to bed hungry.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “Being poor and not getting [enough] to eat, they have become thin and lean.
Night [after] night they keep on wandering in dried up places of the desert.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “They are extremely thin due-to too much poverty and hunger. They just gnaw the kakaruton (kind of a root-crop) in the desolate-place even at night-time.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “He was also angry with Job’s three friends, because they had declared that Job must have done many things that were wrong, but they were unable to convince Job that what they said was true. As a result, it seemed to Elihu that God did what was wrong by punishing Job.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
