Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Jeremiah 49:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 49:12:

  • Kupsabiny: “God is saying, ‘When it has happened that even people who are innocent drink the cup of punishment/pain, why would you be left not to be punished? No! You will not be left at all. You shall surely also drink that cup of pain.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The LORD continued to say, ‘If the innocent ones will- indeed -suffer, how much-more you? I will- surely -punish you!” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “And this is also what Yahweh says: ‘If those who do not deserve to suffer must suffer, you people of Edom must suffer much more ! You will not escape being punished.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 49:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 49:13:

  • Kupsabiny: “I am telling you, I will destroy/crush the city of Bozrah to become a terrifying site that people will laugh at mocking (it) and cursing. All the villages that are near that place of Bozrah will be desolate forever.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I truly swear by myself that Bozra will-be-destroyed. The people will- surely -be-astonished/stunned/[lit. not able to speak] of its situation and they will-mock it and curse (it). All its towns will-become ruin until forever/[lit. whenever]. I, the LORD, (am) the-(one) saying this.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I, Yahweh, have solemnly promised, using my own name, that your chief city Bozrah will become a place that people will be horrified about. It will be a heap of ruins. People will make fun of it and use its name when they curse people. All the nearby towns and villages will be a ruins forever.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 49:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 49:14:

  • Kupsabiny: “I have received a word that God sent to me about Edom. He told me to say to (it/Edom), ‘A man has been sent to go and tell the communities/nations,
    ‘Muster your soldiers and prepare them
    to fight against Edom.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I have-heard-the-news from the LORD, that he sent a messenger to the nations to prepare them for battle and to challenge them to attack the nation of Edom.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I heard this message from Yahweh:
    ‘I have sent an ambassador to many nations,
    to tell them to gather together to attack Edom.
    They must prepare for battle!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 49:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 49:15:

  • Kupsabiny: “I am going to make you people of Edom weak among other countries,
    and no one will respect you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “For the LORD said to those from-Edom, ‘I will-make you more lower than the other nations, and they will-consider- you -bad.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “And Yahweh says to the people of Edom,
    ‘I will cause your nation to become very unimportant among the other nations.
    They will all despise your country.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 49:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 49:16:

  • Kupsabiny: “You (plur.) boasted that you could scare other people
    but that has now deceived you.
    Even though you (plur.) live on top of mountains like an eagle,
    I God shall pull you to come down.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You boast that you are-living in a rocky and high place. But in that boasting of yours and in your threatening others, you (are)- just -deceiving yourselves. For if even you will-liken to the height of the nest of the eagle your dwelling-place, I will- still -destroy you. I, the LORD, (am) the-(one) saying this.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “You have caused people of other nations to be terrified,
    and you have been very proud,
    but you have deceived yourselves.
    You live in caves in the rock cliffs;
    you think that you are safe there because you live high up there.
    But even if you make your homes as high up as the eagles’ nests,
    I will cause you to come crashing down.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 49:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 49:17:

  • Kupsabiny: “Edom will be a terrifying sight
    and every person who passes there shall be surprised
    because of the suffering that will come to (it).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The LORD still said, ‘The people will- surely -be-astonished/stunned/[lit. not able to speak] of the situation of Edom. All who will-pass-by will-be-surprised/astonished as if can- not -believe to what happen to this nation.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Edom will become a place about which people are horrified;
    people who pass by will be horrified and will gasp/be shocked
    when they see the destruction.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 49:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 49:18:

  • Kupsabiny: “Events will happen in Edom
    that are like what happened with Sodom and Gomorrah
    when (they) were destroyed with all their neighboring villages.
    Never shall a person live in that place again
    and it shall be desolate forever.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Just as Sodom and Gomora were-destroyed and its surrounding towns, Edom will- also -be-destroyed. And no one ever live there. I, the LORD, (am) the-(one) saying this.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Edom will be destroyed as completely as Sodom and Gomorrah and the nearby towns were destroyed long ago.
    As a result, no one will live there any more.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 49:19)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 49:19:

  • Kupsabiny: “I will attack the people of Edom and chase (them)
    to leave their land
    like when a lion rushes from the bushland of the river Jordan
    and goes/moves to the plain.
    After that, I will appoint any ruler
    that I shall choose.
    Who is able to oppose/challenge me?
    Which leader is able to stare me in the eye?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will- suddenly -attack Edom like a lion from the forest of the River Jordan who is-going to the grazing-field with many sheep. They will-flee and I will- have Edom -rule-over by a man whom I chose. Who can-be-compared to me? Who can dare to go-against me? Who is a leader to oppose me?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I will come to Edom suddenly like a lion comes out of the jungle
    and leaps on the sheep that are eating in the good pastureland.
    I will quickly chase the people of Edom from their land.
    And then I will appoint for them a leader whom I will choose;
    I can do that because there is no one like me who can object to what I do.
    No ruler can oppose me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)