Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 8:14:
- Kupsabiny: “What those people hope for is fragile,
and it shakes like the house of a spider.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “Their confidence will be like a long, thin thread,
their hope will be like a spiderweb.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “All that he relies-on is fragile like a spider’s web.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The things they confidently expect to happen do not happen;
things they trust will help them are as fragile as a spider’s web.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
