Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:2:

• Kupsabiny: “He chased me along,
  I was walking in darkness rather than light.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “He led me,
  and made me walk in darkness and not in light.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He has-driven me away and caused-to-walk in darkness rather than light.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “It was as though he caused me to walk in a very dark place
  without any light at all.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

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

• Kupsabiny: “Truly, God became angry with me
  so he always/repeatedly made me fall down.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Absolutely! He has turned his hand against me many times and all day long.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He punished me day-and-night without ceasing.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He has punished me many times,
  all day, every day.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:4:

• Kupsabiny: “The skin of my body became pale,
  and he has broken my bones.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “He caused my skin and flesh to dry up
  He has broken my bones.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He has-weakened my whole body, and broke my bones.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He has caused my skin and my flesh to become old.
  He has broken my bones.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:5:

• Kupsabiny: “He surrounded/besieged me with pain
  and put sufferings all around me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Having surrounded me with sorrow and
  hardship he has besieged me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He attacked me and my sadness and pain were severe.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He has surrounded me
  with bitterness and suffering.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:6:

• Kupsabiny: “Darkness enveloped me
  like those who have gone to the place of the dead.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “He has put me in a dark place
  like those who have been dead a long time.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He caused- me -to-dwell in darkness like those who had died long-time-ago.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “It is as though he has buried me in a dark place
  like the graves of those who have been dead for a long time.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:7:

• Kupsabiny: “He has closed me in with a wall
  and tied me with chains.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “He has built a wall around me so that I may not escape,
  he has bound me with heavy chains.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He has- me -chained and surrounded with stone-wall so-that I can- not -escape.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “It is as though he has built a wall around me,
  and fastened/tied me with heavy chains,
  and I cannot escape.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:8:

• Kupsabiny: “Although I cried out to be saved,
  he blocked my prayers.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Even though I cried out for help,
  he has shut out my prayer.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Even-if I ask for help, he is- not -listening to me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Although I call out and cry out for him to help me,
  he does not pay attention to my prayers.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:9:

• Kupsabiny: “He placed stone/rocks on my path
  and caused chaos to my roads.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Wherever I go, he has blocked my path with big stones.
  He has made my path twisted.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He blocked my way with a stone-wall/fence, and he twisted the path-where- I -pass-by.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “It is as though he has blocked my path with a high stone wall
  and has caused my path to become crooked.” (Source: Translation for Translators)