Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 38:3:

• Kupsabiny: “God is saying that: Truly I shall hand over this city into the power/hands of the soldiers of the king of Babylon and (it) will be captured.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The LORD is also saying that surely this city will-be-captured by those from-Babilonia and it will-be-under- their -jurisdiction.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Yahweh also says that the army of the King of Babylon will certainly capture this city.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 38:4:

• Kupsabiny: “The Shephatiah group told the king, ‘This man deserves to be killed because he has destroyed the hope of the soldiers who have been left in this city and all the people, on the basis of the words he is saying. He does not want life/wellbeing for these people, but only evil.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “So those officials said to the king, ‘This man should be put to death. He is only discouraging/[lit. making-weak] the soldiers who are left in this city, as-well-as all the people, because of what he is-saying to them. He does not desire the good of the people but of their destruction.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “So those officials went to the king and said, ‘This man Jeremiah should be executed! Because of what he is saying, he is discouraging our soldiers who remain in the city. He is also discouraging the people. He is not saying things that will help us; he is saying things that will defeat us.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 38:5:

• Kupsabiny: “King Zedekiah said, ‘I am not opposing you, that man is over there.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “King Zedekia replied, ‘You do what you want to with him. I cannot go-against/blocked (you).’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “King Zedekiah said, ‘All right, do to him what you want to; I do not have the power to stop you.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 38:6:

• Kupsabiny: “Then those people took me and lowered me with a rope into a hole of water that was in the courtyard of the guards and it belonged to Malkijah, son of the king. There was no water in that hole, but only mud. I sank down in the mud.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “So they took Jeremias from his cell and they lowered (him) into a well there in the courtyard of the guards. This well was owned by Malkia the child of the king. The well has no water but it has mud, and Jeremias almost sank-down there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “So those officials took me from my cell and lowered me by ropes into a well in the courtyard. The well belonged to Malkijah, who was a son of the king. There was no water in the well, but there was a lot of mud, so I sank down deep into the mud.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 38:7:

• Kupsabiny: “But then, the words/events reached Ebed-melek who was from Cush who was working in the home of the king, that I was thrown into that hole. The king had a council meeting at the Gate of Benjamin.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But when Ebed Melec the Etiopian, one of the officials of the palace heard, that Jeremias was put into a well, he went to the king there in the palace. The king that time was sitting at Benjamin Gate. He said to the king,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But Ebed-Melech, a palace official from Ethiopia, heard someone say that I was in the well. At that time the king was deciding/judging people’s cases at the Benjamin Gate.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 38:8:

• Kupsabiny: “Then Ebed-melek went to (him) and said to (him),” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But when Ebed Melec the Etiopian, one of the officials of the palace heard, that Jeremias was put into a well, he went to the king there in the palace. The king that time was sitting at Benjamin Gate. He said to the king,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Ebed-Melech went out of the palace and said to the king,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 38:9:

• Kupsabiny: “‘Listen, lord king, these people have done a bad thing to throw the prophet Jeremiah in a hole. Will not hunger kill him now when there is no food in the city?’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘Beloved King, those people have done a wicked(-thing) to Jeremias. They had-thrown him into a well, and surely he would die there in hunger when the food in the city is gone/totally-consumed.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “‘Your majesty, those men have done a very evil thing. They have put the prophet Jeremiah in a well. Almost all the food in the city is gone, so they will not be able to bring him any food and as a result he will die from hunger!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 38:10:

• Kupsabiny: “The king said to Ebed-melek, ‘Go with thirty people from here and go and remove Jeremiah from that place before he dies.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then the king commanded Ebed Melec, ‘Take along 30 of my men and take Jeremias from the well before he dies.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “So the king told Ebed-Melech, ‘Take thirty of my men/soldiers with you, and pull Jeremiah out of the well, in order that he does not die!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)