Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Jeremiah 50:37)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 50:37:

  • Kupsabiny: “Horses will be stabbed and their chariots broken to pieces,
    and the soldiers who were bought to come from other countries will be killed,
    they will fear until they become just women!
    Where all its silver is will be torn down,
    (it) will be plundered and taken.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “This will- also -land to her horses and chariots, and to the foreigners who are- her -allied. And they will-weaken like a woman! This will- also -land to her wealth, and this will-be-taken-away.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “They will strike their horses and chariots
    and the foreigners who are in the army of Babylonia,
    and they will all become as weak as women.
    They will seize all the valuable things there in Babylon
    and take them away.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 50:38)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 50:38:

  • Kupsabiny: “The sun will spear/kill the water,
    and it will dry up completely
    because it is a land that is flooded with idols
    something that the people have spent all their power/strength on.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “All of her waters-supply will-dry-up. Because Babilonia is a place with so many terrifying/scary gods-gods that is-making- the people -crazy.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I will cause the streams to become dry.
    I will do all those things because the entire land of Babylonia is filled with idols,
    and those horrible idols have caused the people who worship them to become crazy.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 50:39)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 50:39:

  • Kupsabiny: “So animals like jackals, hyenas shall live (there),
    and birds like owls
    so that people shall never again live in that land
    from generation to generation.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘Babilonia will- just -be-inhabited by wild animals, fierce/cruel and wild dogs, and owls. People will- never -live there again until forever.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Soon only hyenas and other wild creatures will live there;
    and it will be a place where owls live.
    People will never live there again;
    it will be uninhabited forever.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 50:40)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 50:40:

  • Kupsabiny: “I will do to Babylon things
    that are like what happened to Sodom and Gomorrah,
    when they were destroyed with all their neighboring villages.
    Never shall a person live there again,
    and it will be desolate forever.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Just as I destroyed Sodom and Gomora, and the towns around it, I will- also -destroy Babilonia. No one will- ever -live there. I, the LORD, (am) the-(one) saying this.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I will destroy Babylon like I destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah and the nearby towns;
    no one will ever live there again.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 50:41)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 50:41:

  • Kupsabiny: “Look, soldiers are coming from the North.
    A heavy/strong community is preparing itself (for war).
    Many kings will come
    from faraway countries.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘Look! There are soldiers who are-coming from the land in the north. A mighty nation and many kings from a far land will-fight-against Babilonia.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Look! A great army will come from the north.
    A great nation far away with many kings is preparing to attack you people of Babylon.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 50:42)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 50:42:

  • Kupsabiny: “Those people are very brutal
    and they have arrows and spears.
    When they come on their horses, they will attack like the roaring of the ocean,
    and they are determined/prepared to fight you people of Babylon.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They are-armed with bows and spears. They are-cruel and without mercy. Their being-loud/noise is-like a strong wave as they ride on their horses. They will-arrive ready to attack you residents of Babilonia.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Their army has bows and arrows and spears;
    they are very cruel, and do not act mercifully to anyone.
    As they ride along on their horses,
    the sound of the horses’ hooves is like the roaring of the ocean waves;
    they are riding in battle formation
    to attack you, you people of Babylon.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 50:43)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 50:43:

  • Kupsabiny: “The news have reached the king of Babylon
    a shock has hit them so that they their hands become weak.
    They have sleepless nights
    like a woman who is about to give birth.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “This was-heard by the king of Babilonia, and his hands became-hang-limp. Fear and pain (are) what he felt like the labor-pains of a woman who is-about-to-give-birth.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The King of Babylon says,
    ‘I have heard reports about the enemy approaching;
    so I am very frightened, with the result that I am weak.
    I am very fearful, and anguished/worried,
    like a woman who is about to give birth to a baby.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 50:44)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 50:44:

  • Kupsabiny: “I will quickly attack Babylon and disperse (them)
    from their country
    like a lion quickly jumps from the bush of the river Jordan
    and goes to the open land.
    After that, I will appoint any other king
    whom I will choose.
    Who is able to oppose me?
    What leader is able to stare me in the eyes/challenge me?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘I will- suddenly -attack Babilonia like a lion from the forest of Jordan who is-going to the grazing-field with many sheep. They will-flee and I will-have Babilonia rule-over by a man whom I chose. Who can-be-compared to me? Who would-dare to go-against me? Who is a leader that will-oppose me?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I, Yahweh, will come to Babylon suddenly like a lion comes out of the jungle
    and leaps on the sheep that are eating the good pastureland.
    I will quickly chase the people of Babylonia from their land.
    And then I will appoint for them a leader whom I will choose;
    I will do that because there is no one like me who can say that what I have done is not right.
    No ruler can oppose me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)