complete verse (Judges 15:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Judges 15:16:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then Samson said,
    ‘I used the jawbone of a donkey
    I piled body upon body!
    I used the jawbone of a donkey
    to kill one thousand men.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then Samson said,
    "With the a donkey’s jawbone
    I have killed a thousand men.
    "With the a donkey’s jawbone
    I have made heaps of their corpses."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then Samson said,
    ‘With the jawbone of a donkey,
    I have-killed the 1,000 people.
    With the jawbone of a donkey,
    I have-piled-up these people.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then Samson wrote this poem:
    ‘With the jawbone of a donkey
    I have made them like a heap of dead donkeys.
    With the jawbone of a donkey
    I killed 1,000 men.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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