Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 30:4:
- Kupsabiny: “They cut down trees in the wilderness and ate (them),
they even ate the roots.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “To eat, they take salty tasting medicinal herbs from [among] the weeds
and their food was the roots of broom trees.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “They pull-out and eat the plants in the desolate-place, even the tasteless root of enebro tree.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Elihu was younger than the others, so he waited until they had finished speaking before he replied to Job.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
