complete verse (Joshua 23:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joshua 23:4:

  • Kupsabiny: “And again I have granted to you by the casting of lots these countries which had their people chased away from and those where they still live beginning from the river Jordan to the big ocean at the side of west.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Remember how I have distributed inheritance to your tribes, casting lots [for] the territory of all the nations that I have defeated from the Jordan river to the Mediterranean Sea in the west and [for] the territory of all the remaining nations.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I have- already -divided between you (plur.) as an inheritance of your (plur.) tribes all the land[s] of the nations which we (incl.) have-taken-by-force/seized, from the River of Jordan to the east towards the Sea of Mediteraneo in the west, as-well-as the land(s) of the nations which we (incl.) have- not yet -taken-by-force/seized.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But do not forget that he has given to you all this land, from the Jordan River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west, all this land that I have allotted to you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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