Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 38:19:

• Kupsabiny: “The king said to me, ‘It is not possible, for I am afraid of those Jews who fled to the Babylonians because I might be handed over in their hands to cause me suffering.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “King Zedekia said, ‘I am afraid to the Jews who are defending those whose-from-Babilonia. Those from-Babilonia might hand me over to them and they will-beat/[lit. hurt] me.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The king replied, ‘But I am afraid to surrender to the soldiers from Babylon, because their officers may hand me over to the people of Judah who have already joined the soldiers from Babylonia, and those people from Judah will mistreat me.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 38:20:

• Kupsabiny: “I answered, ‘You will not be handed over to those people. Just trust in what God is saying. Everything will go well and you will save yourself.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Jeremias replied, ‘You will- not -be-handed-over to them if you will- only -obey the LORD. If you will-follow what I am-saying, your life will-be-saved, and nothing will-happen to you.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I replied, ‘If you obey Yahweh by doing what I tell you to do, they will not hand you over to our people. Things will go well for you, and you will remain alive.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 38:21:

• Kupsabiny: “But if you refuse to accept to go into their hands/power, the revelation that I have received is this:” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But if you will- not indeed -surrender, this is what the LORD has-revealed to me that/(what) will-happen to you:” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But if you refuse to surrender, this is what Yahweh has revealed to me:” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 38:22:

• Kupsabiny: “I saw all the women who remained in your home being taken to go to where the commanders of the king of Babylon are. They said to you,
  ‘Your friends deceived you and overcame you
  those you thought to trust.
  Your feet have fallen into mud,
  and those friends have fled from you.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “All the women left in your palace will-be-brought by the officials of the king of Babilonia. These women will-say to you: ‘You were deceived by your close friends. Now that your feet are sinking on the mud, they abandoned you.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “All the women who remain in your palace will be brought out and given to the officers of the king of Babylon. Then those women will say to you:
  ‘You had friends whom you thought you could trust,
  but they have deceived you and caused you to make a wrong decision.
  Now it is as though you are stuck in mud,
  and your friends have abandoned you.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 38:23:

• Kupsabiny: “All your wives together with your children will be handed over to the hands/power of the Babylonians and you yourself will not escape from those people. You will be captured to go to Babylon, and this city, it will be set on fire.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘All your wives and children will-be-taken-captives by those whose-from-Babilonia. You yourself cannot flee from them; you will-be-taken-captive by the king of Babilonia, and this city will-be-burned.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “All of your wives and children in the city will be led out to the soldiers from Babylonia, and you also will not escape. The soldiers of the King of Babylon will seize you, and they will burn down this city.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 38:24:

• Kupsabiny: “Zedekiah said to me, ‘Do not let any person know what we have talked about because then (he/they) will kill you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then Zedekia said to Jeremias, ‘Never tell anyone of our conversation so that you will- not -die.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then Zedekiah said to me, ‘Do not tell anyone what you told me; if you tell anyone, my officials may kill you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 38:25:

• Kupsabiny: “And if the leaders hear that we have talked together and they come to ask you, ‘Please tell us what you talked to the king about, do not hide (it) from us, so that we do not kill you,’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The officials might hear-the-news that we had talked and they will-ask you, ‘What you and the king talked about? If you will- not -tell us we will-kill you.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “If my officials find out that I talked to you, perhaps they will come to you and say, ‘Tell us what you and the king were talking about. If you do not tell us, we will kill you.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 38:26:

• Kupsabiny: “tell them, ‘I was begging the king not to send me back to where the prisoners in the home of Jonathan are, so that I do not die there.’ ’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “If this will-happen, tell them, ‘I pleaded with the king that he will- not -send- me -back to the house of Jonatan in-order to die there.’ ’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “If that happens, just tell them that you pleaded with me not to send you back to the dungeon/cell in Jonathan’s house, because you were afraid that you would die if you were put there again.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)