Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 39:13:
- Kupsabiny: “The wings of the ostrich are happily flapping
but it is not flying like a stork.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “The wings of the ostrich flutter with joy,
but it is not able to fly like the stork.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “‘(It is) beautiful to-look-at the wing(s) of the ostrits/ostrich when it flaps, but it can- not -match with the beauty of the wings of a tulabong/sort-of-white-heron.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Bury them in the ground!
Send them to the place where dead people are,
where they will not be able to get out!” (Source: Translation for Translators)
