Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Jeremiah 48:19)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 48:19:

  • Kupsabiny: “And you people of Aroer,
    you stand by the side of the road,
    and/but when you see the people who are fleeing,
    ask (them), ‘What has come (What is happening)?’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) who live in Aroer, stand beside the road and watch. You ask to the-(ones)-who have- fled of what had-happened.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “You people of Aroer town,
    stand along the road and watch.
    Shout to the men and women who will be fleeing from Moab,
    ‘What has happened there?’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 48:20)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 48:20:

  • Kupsabiny: “They will answer,
    Moab is disgraced because it has been destroyed.
    Mourn and lament!
    Follow the shore of the river Arnon and shout it out
    that Moab has been smashed.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They will-reply, ‘Moab was-destroyed and was-disgraced. So you (plur.) mourn and weep. You (plur.) shout to Arnon that Moab was-destroyed.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “They will reply,
    ‘Moab is ruined and we are disgraced!’
    So weep and wail.
    Proclaim at the Aroer River that Moab has been destroyed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 48:21)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 48:21:

  • Kupsabiny: “Also the land of the hills will be destroyed
    including Holon, Jahzah, Mephaath” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘The towns in the valley on top of the mountain will- also -be-punished: the Holon, Jaza, Mefaat,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh will have punished the towns in Moab that are on the plateau/high level:
    Holon and Jahaz and Mephaath,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 48:22)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 48:22:

  • Kupsabiny: “Dibon, Nebo, Beth-diblathaim,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Dibon, Nebo, Bet Diblataim,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Dibon and Nebo and Beth-Diblathaim,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 48:23)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 48:23:

  • Kupsabiny: “Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, Beth-meon” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Kiriataim, Bet Gamul, Bet Meon,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Kiriathaim and Beth-Gamul and Beth-Meon,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 48:24)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 48:24:

  • Kupsabiny: “Kerioth and Bozrah,
    all the cities of Moab,
    whether far or near.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Kiriot and Bozra. The punishment will- now -arrive to all the cities of Moab, either far or near.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Kerioth and Bozrah,
    cities that are near each other and towns that are far away from each other.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 48:25)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 48:25:

  • Kupsabiny: “Those horns of Moab are broken
    and those its powers are destroyed.
    It is me God who has spoken!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The Moab has no more power, so it (is) now weak. I, the LORD, (am) the-(one) saying this.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh says, ‘The power of Moab will be ended;
    it is as though Moab will have a broken arm.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 48:26)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 48:26:

  • Kupsabiny: “Make Moab drunk because (it) refused me.
    Let (it) wallow in its own vomit,
    and people shall laugh at (it)” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘Let Moab be-drunk, for she rebelled against me. She will-roll-over in her own vomit and she will-become a-laughingstock.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “You people of Moab have rebelled against me, Yahweh;
    so now I will cause you all to stagger like drunken people.
    You people of Moab will wallow in your own vomit
    and be ridiculed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)