Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 20:11:

• Kupsabiny: “But I am with the God of power
  so those people who persecute me will not get/go far.
  They will fall and be shamed forever
  so that the shame will never be forgotten.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But you (sing.) are with me, LORD. You (sing.) are like a brave/fierce soldier, therefore the ones-who-persecute/pursue me will-be-destroyed and can- not -win. They will- surely -be-put-to-shame and will- not -be-victorious, and their shame will- never -be-forgotten forever/[lit. until whenever].” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But you, Yahweh, are helping me like a strong warrior,
  so it is as though you will cause those who persecute me to stumble, and they will not defeat me.
  They will be completely disgraced because of being unable to defeat me;
  and other people will never forget that they were disgraced.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 20:12:

• Kupsabiny: “God of power, you shine the light on a righteous person,
  you expose what is in the life/soul of a person and what he thinks.
  Let me see when you punish my enemies
  repaying/taking revenge over what they did to me because I have placed my words/matters with you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “O LORD Almighty, you (sing.) know who is righteous/just. You (sing.) know the heart and mind of a man. Show to me your (sing.) revenge to them, for I committed/handed-over to you (sing.) my case.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Commander of the armies of angels,
  you examine all those who are righteous;
  you know all that is in their inner beings and what they think.
  Allow me to see you getting revenge on those who want to harm me,
  because I trust that you will do for me what is right.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 20:13:

• Kupsabiny: “Sing (you-pl) to God
  praise God!
  He rescues the lives of the weak
  from the power of sinners.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Let- us (incl.) -sing and praise the LORD! For he saves the needy-ones from the hand of the wicked people.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Sing to Yahweh!
  Praise Yahweh!
  He rescues poor and needy people,
  from those who are wicked.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 20:15:

• Kupsabiny: “May the person who brought my father the news be cursed
  the one who made his stomach/heart rejoice
  saying that,
  ‘A boy has been born to you.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I curse the man who told-the-news to my father [linker], ‘Male is your (sing.) child!’ which really pleased my father.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “And as for that man who brought to my father the news,
  and caused him to be very happy, by saying
  ‘You wife has given birth to a son for you’,
  I hope/desire that he also will be cursed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 20:16:

• Kupsabiny: “May God destroy that person
  as he crushed those cities that he did not have mercy on.
  May that person hear screaming in the morning,
  and words of war at midday,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “May that man become like the towns that the LORD have-destroyed without mercy. May he hear the screams and groanings of people in war all-day long.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Allow him to be destroyed like the cities that Yahweh destroyed long ago,
  without acting mercifully toward them.
  Cause that man to hear the people wailing in the morning,
  and to hear the enemy soldiers shout their battle cries at noon.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 20:17:

• Kupsabiny: “because he should have killed me before I was born
  (and/so) I would die in the stomach of my mother.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “For he did not kill me when I was still in the womb of my mother. Wish the womb of my mother would have been my place-of-burial, or wish she became-pregnant with-me until whenever.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I want that to happen to him because he did not kill me before I was born.
  I wish that I had died in my mother’s womb,
  and that my mother’s body would have been like my grave.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 20:18:

• Kupsabiny: “Why was I even born?
  Was I only to get suffering and anxiety,
  and end my life in disgrace?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Why was I ever born? So-that I only could see trouble and difficulty, and (I) die in shame?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I have continually experienced much trouble and sorrow,
  and I am disgraced now when I am about to die;
  why was it necessary for me to me born?” (Source: Translation for Translators)