Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Jeremiah 48:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 48:3:

  • Kupsabiny: “The people of Horonaim are crying out loudly,
    ‘Oh no, war! We have been wiped out!´” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Listen to the screaming in Horonaim because of the great battle and destruction.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Listen to the people of Horonaim town screaming;
    they will be wailing because their town will have been devastated and destroyed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 48:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 48:4:

  • Kupsabiny: “Moab will be destroyed,
    and children will scream painfully.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Moab will- surely be-destroyed, and children will-weep.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “All of Moab will be ruined;
    even the little children will cry loudly.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 48:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 48:5:

  • Kupsabiny: “People shall walk around crying
    as they climb up Luhith,
    and they are crying over the pain/punishment they have met with
    as they go down to Horonaim.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The residents of Moab will-weep loudly while they are-going-up to Luhit and going-down to Horonaim. Yes, their weeping will-be-heard because of destruction.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “They will cry bitterly
    as they climb up Luhith Hill.
    Others will wail on the road down to Horonaim,
    being very sad because of their town being destroyed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 48:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 48:6:

  • Kupsabiny: “They say to one another,
    ‘Let us run to only/just save our lives!
    Let us gallop like wild donkeys in the desert!’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘Save yourselves! Flee to the desert/desolate-place.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Someone will say to them, ‘Flee!
    Hide in the desert!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 48:7)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 48:7:

  • Kupsabiny: “Moab, you always boasted of (your) power and your wealth
    but you will also be taken capture now!
    Chemosh whom you worship shall be taken away,
    together with its priest and other leaders.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “[You (plur.)] those from-Moab, you trust in your ability and wealth, so you (plur.) will-be-taken-captive as-well-as your god who is Kemosh and its priests and officials.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But you trusted that because you were rich and powerful, you would be safe;
    so you will be captured.
    The statue of your god Chemosh and all his priests and officials
    will be taken away to distant lands.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 48:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 48:8:

  • Kupsabiny: “There is no city that is not being destroyed,
    the deep valleys and high places will be destroyed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘A destroyer will-arrive in each town and no town can-escape. Including the towns in the valley and the so-called-plains on top of the mountain will-be-destroyed. This will- really -happen, for I, the LORD, (am) the-(one) saying this.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “All the towns in Moab will be destroyed;
    none of them will escape.
    Towns in the valleys and on the plateau will all be destroyed,
    because I, Yahweh, have said that is what will happen.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 48:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 48:9:

  • Kupsabiny: “Prepare for Moab a cave where it may be buried,
    because it is being destroyed,
    its cities will be torn down
    to become desolate so that no one shall ever go and live there.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Only [if] Moab would have wings so that she/he can-fly away, for its towns will- no-longer -be-inhabited and it will-became desolate/lonely.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Spread salt on the ground
    in order that it will become a wasteland with nothing growing there any more,
    and no one will be living in it!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 48:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 48:10:

  • Kupsabiny: “Cursed is any person who does not do the work of God!
    The one who does not go to war should be cursed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “A man who is-neglecting in doing the work of the LORD against Moab will-be-cursed. A man who does- not -kill those from-Moab will-be-cursed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh will curse anyone who will not eagerly do what he desires,
    anyone who refrains from using his sword to kill others in Moab.” (Source: Translation for Translators)