Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Jeremiah 46:22)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 46:22:

  • Kupsabiny: “Egypt will scream like a snake that is fleeing
    because the enemies have come close.
    Those people come with axes
    like people who are cutting down trees.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Those from-Egipto will-flee like a snake that hisses while the enemies are-attacking. They will-attack them with axes like people who are-cutting-down trees.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The soldiers of Egypt will run away,
    as silently as a snake scurries/crawls away.
    The army of the enemy will advance;
    they will march along carrying their axes
    like men who cut down trees.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 46:23)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 46:23:

  • Kupsabiny: “(They) will fell the forest defeating (it)
    even though that forest is very closed/dense!
    Those enemies are amazingly many
    and they are thronging/swarming like grasshoppers.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They will-kill those from-Egipto as-if they are-cutting-down trees that are-healthy/has-thick-leaves. These enemies are even-more numerous than locusts; they can- not -be-counted.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I, Yahweh, say that they will kill the soldiers of Egypt
    as though they were a forest of trees,
    because the enemy soldiers will be as numerous as a swarm of locusts.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 46:24)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 46:24:

  • Kupsabiny: “The people of Egypt will be humiliated,
    and (they) will be handed over into the power/hands of the people of North.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Those from-Egipto will- surely -be-put-to-shame. They will-be-handed-over to the hands of the people in the north.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The people of Egypt will be humiliated;
    they will be conquered by people from the northeast.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 46:25)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 46:25:

  • Kupsabiny: “The God of power of Israel is saying, ‘I am going to punish the idol Amon, who is worshipped in Thebes and other idols, Pharao and other kings/rulers in the land of Egypt and also the people who rely on Pharao.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The LORD Almighty, the God of Israel continued to say, ‘I will- now -punish Amon, the god of Tebes, and the other gods of Egipto. I will- also -punish Faraon and his leaders, as-well-as those who trust in him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I, the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom the Israelis worship, say, ‘I will punish Amon, the god whom the people of Thebes city worship, and all the other gods in Egypt. I will punish the King of Egypt and all those who trust in him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 46:26)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 46:26:

  • Kupsabiny: “I will hand (them) over to people who want to kill them, Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon and his soldiers. But people will later come to live in Egypt again as it was before.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will-hand- them -over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babilonia and to his officials who want to kill them. But some-time-later Egipto will-be-inhabited like before. I, the LORD, (am) the-(one) saying this.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I will cause them to be captured by those who want to kill them—Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon, and his army officers. But many years later, people will live in Egypt again. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 46:27)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 46:27:

  • Kupsabiny: “God continued to say,
    ‘Do not be afraid you my people,
    do not be afraid you people of Israel.
    I will rescue you to get up from that faraway land,
    your descendants coming from that land where you are prisoners.
    You will go to live in peace so that you are safe/guarded,
    and no one shall frighten you any other day.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘But you (plur.) Israelinhon who are-descendants of my servant Jacob, do- not -be-afraid or be-nervous. For I will- surely -save you (plur.) from the far place where you were taken-captive. You will-live again in peace and without disaster, and no one will-cause- you (plur.) -to-be-terrified.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But you people of Israel who serve me,
    do not be at all dismayed now,
    because some day I will bring you back from distant places;
    I will bring your descendants from the land to which they were exiled.
    Then you Israeli people will again live peacefully and safely,
    and there will not be any nation to cause you to be terrified.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 46:28)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 46:28:

  • Kupsabiny: “Do not be afraid you people of Israel,
    because I am with you.
    Even though I have destroyed all nations
    where you were scattered to.
    but I will not destroy you completely.
    I will somehow punish you, but I will do justice to you
    so that I do not abandon you as being nothing like that.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Therefore [you (plur.)] do- not -be-afraid, you (plur.) who are-descendants of my servant Jacob, for I am with you (plur.). I will- completely -destroy all the nations where I had- you (plur.) -scattered, but you (plur.) I will- not completely -destroy. I will-discipline you (plur.), but according to what is-fitting to you (plur.). It is not possible that I wil- not -punish you (plur.). I, the LORD, (am) the-(one) saying this.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I, Yahweh, say to you people of Israel who serve me,
    ‘Do not be afraid,
    because I will be with you.
    I will completely destroy the nations among whom I have scattered you,
    but I will not completely get rid of you.
    I will punish you, but I will punish you only as severely as you deserve:
    It would be wrong if I did not punish you at all.’ ’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 47:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 47:1:

  • Kupsabiny: “And before the king of Egypt fought against the city of Gaza, God said to me about the Philistines,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “This is what the LORD said to Prophet Jeremias concerning Filistia before the king of Egipto are- not yet -attacked Gaza:” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh gave to the prophet Jeremiah a message about the people of Philistia. The message was given to me before Gaza city in Philistia was captured by the army of Egypt.” (Source: Translation for Translators)