Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Jeremiah 52:24)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 52:24:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then, officer Nebuzaradan took/captured Seraiah who was the chief priest, Zephaniah the second/following priest and three guards who were guarding the entrance and went with them.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Nebuzaradan also took-captive Seraya the leading/[lit. head] priest, Zefanias that next rank to Seraya, and the three guards at the gate of the temple.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When Nebuzaradan returned to Babylon, he took with him as prisoners Seraiah the Supreme Priest, Zephaniah who was Seraiah’s deputy, and the three men who guarded the entrances to the temple.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 52:25)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 52:25:

  • Kupsabiny: “The people who were taken from inside the city were the commander of the soldiers of the land of Judah, the writer/registrar, seven elders of/from the council of the king and sixty other famous people.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “And these (are) what he still saw and took-captive from the city: the official of the soldiers of Juda, the seven rulers of the king, the commander who (is) recruiting men to become soldiers, and the 60 residents there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “He found some other people who were hiding in the city. So from them he took a commander of the army of Judah, seven of the king’s advisors, the army commander’s chief secretary who was in charge of recruiting soldiers for the army, and 60 other soldiers.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 52:26)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 52:26:

  • Kupsabiny: “Nebuzaradan drove those people to the king of Babylon who was in Riblah.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Nebuzaradan brought them all to the king of Babilonia there at Ribla,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Nebuzaradan took them all to the king of Babylon, who was still at Riblah.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 52:27)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 52:27:

  • Kupsabiny: “Nebuchadnezzar ordered those people to be beaten and be killed there in Riblah in the land of Hamath.
    So, the people of Judah were taken to go to a country far away from their land.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “which is part of Hamat. And there they had-been-killed by the king.
    Therefore the people of Juda were-brought away from their land as captives.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “There at Riblah in the Hamath region, the king of Babylon commanded that they all be executed.
    Many of the people of Judah were forced to leave/exiled from their own land.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 52:28)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 52:28:

  • Kupsabiny: “The people whom king Nebuchadnezzar took and went with were three thousand and twenty-three (3,023) Jews in the seventh year of him ruling.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “These are the number of the Israelinhon who were taken-captives by King Nebuchadnezzar:
    On the 7th year of his reign, 3,023 people,
    On the 18th year of his reign, 832 people.
    On the 23rd year of his reign, 745 men. Nebuzaradan was the one who took- them -captives.
    4,600 people in all were taken-captives.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The number of people who were captured and sent to Babylon at that time, when Nebuchadnezzar had been ruling for almost seven years, was 3,023.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 52:29)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 52:29:

  • Kupsabiny: “And in the eighteenth year from when he started ruling, (he) took from the city of Jerusalem eight hundred and thirty-two people (832).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “These are the number of the Israelinhon who were taken-captives by King Nebuchadnezzar:
    On the 7th year of his reign, 3,023 people,
    On the 18th year of his reign, 832 people.
    On the 23rd year of his reign, 745 men. Nebuzaradan was the one who took- them -captives.
    4,600 people in all were taken-captives.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then, when he had been ruling for almost 18 years, his soldiers took 832 more Israeli people to Babylonia.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 52:30)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 52:30:

  • Kupsabiny: “And in the twenty-third year of him having ruled, Nebuzaradan went with seven hundred and forty-five (745) Jews. All the people who were captured and taken to Babylon were four thousand and six hundred (4,600).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “These are the number of the Israelinhon who were taken-captives by King Nebuchadnezzar:
    On the 7th year of his reign, 3,023 people,
    On the 18th year of his reign, 832 people.
    On the 23rd year of his reign, 745 men. Nebuzaradan was the one who took- them -captives.
    4,600 people in all were taken-captives.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When he had been ruling almost 23 years, he sent Nebuzaradan to Jerusalem again, and he brought back 745 more Israelis to Babylonia. That was a total of 4,600 Israelis who were taken to Babylonia.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 52:31)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 52:31:

  • Kupsabiny: “Later/Then, a man called Evil-merodach took over rulership of Babylon. Then, that king had mercy on king Jehoiakin who was in prison in Babylon, and then he released him. He was released on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month in the thirty-seventh year from when he was put in prison.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “In the 37th year of the captivity of Jehoyakin king of Juda, Evil Merodac became king of Babilonia. He released Jehoyakin on the 25th day of the 12th month of that year.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “After King Jehoiachin of Judah had been in prison in Babylon for almost thirty-seven years, Evil-Merodach became the king of Babylon. He was kind to Jehoiachin and ordered that he be released from prison. That was on March 31 of the year that Evil-Merodach became king.” (Source: Translation for Translators)