Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 37:16:

• Kupsabiny: “That house I was imprisoned in was like a pit where I stayed for many days being tied up.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “They put Jeremias into a cell which is under the ground and he was long-time there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “They put me in a dungeon/cell in that prison, and I remained there for several days.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 37:17:

• Kupsabiny: “But one day, king Zedekiah called me to come to his home and took me aside and then he asked me, ‘Is there maybe any word that comes from God?’ I answered, ‘Yes, there is! You will be handed over to the hands/power of the king of Babylon.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Later on King Zedekia had- him -taken and had- (him) -brought to the palace. Zedekia asked him privately, ‘Do you have a message from the LORD?’ Jeremias replied, ‘Yes, there is. You will-be-handed-over to the king of Babilonia.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then King Zedekiah secretly sent a servant to me, who took me to the palace. There the king asked me, ‘Do you have any messages from Yahweh?’ I replied, ‘Yes, the message is that you will be handed over to the king of Babylon.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 37:18:

• Kupsabiny: “Then I asked the king, ‘What wrong have I done to you, your leaders or these people, so that you captured me and closed me up in the house of prisoners?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then Jeremias asked the king, ‘What is my sin that I have committed to you, to your officials, and to the people that you had me imprisoned?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then I asked the king, ‘What crime have I committed against you or against your officials or against the Israeli people, with the result that you have commanded that I be put in a prison?” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 37:19:

• Kupsabiny: “So where are those prophets who wished/thought to predict to you saying to you that the king of Babylon would never fight you or fight this country?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Where are now your prophets who prophesied that the king of Babilonia would not attack this city?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Your prophets predicted that the army of the king of Babylon would not attack you or this land. Why were their messages not fulfilled?” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 37:20:

• Kupsabiny: “But, oh, king, I ask you to listen carefully to me. I am earnestly asking/begging you to hear what I am asking. Please do not return me again to the house of the secretary Jonathan where I have been tied up, I may die there.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But now, Beloved King, if possible listen to me. I am pleading with you that do- not -send me back there in the house of Jonatan the secretary, for I would surely die there.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Your majesty, I plead with you to listen to me. Do not send me back to the dungeon/cell in the house of Jonathan your secretary, because if you do that, I will die there.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 37:21:

• Kupsabiny: “Then, the king said/announced that I should stay in the courtyard/compound of the guards. I was given a bread to eat every day, which was brought from where the people who make bread were. I ate like that always provided there was still bread in the city.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Therefore King Zedekia commanded to just put Jeremias there in the courtyard of the guards of the palace. The king also commanded that Jeremias will-be-given bread everyday while there is still bread in the city. Therefore Jeremias remained as prison in the courtyard of the guards.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “So King Zedekiah commanded that I not be sent back to the prison cell. Instead, I was allowed to be watched by the guards in the courtyard of the palace. The king also commanded that they should bring me a loaf of fresh bread every day, until there was no bread left in the city. So they put me in that courtyard and I remained there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 38:1:

• Kupsabiny: “Then one day, Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jukal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malkijah heard that I was telling all the people,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Shefatia the child of Mattan, Gedalia the child of Pashur, Jehucal the child of Shelemia, and Pashur the child of Malkia heard what Jeremias said to the people. This is what Jeremias has said, ‘The LORD is saying that” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Four officials, Shephatiah the son of Mattan, Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malkijah, heard what I had been telling all the people.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 38:2:

• Kupsabiny: “God is saying, every person who remains in this city, war, famine or sicknesses will kill (him/her), but the one who gets up from/leaves the city and accepts the Babylonians to take (him) along will be saved/well.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “whoever will-remain in this city will-die from war, famine, and disease. But whoever will-surrender to those whose-from-Babilonia will- not -die. He/She will-be-saved and will-live.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I had been telling them that Yahweh was saying, ‘Everyone who stays in Jerusalem will die. They will be killed by their enemies’ swords or from famines or from diseases. But those who surrender to the Babylonian army, they will be spared. They will not be killed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)