Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:10:

• Kupsabiny: “God guarded the path (lay in wait) like a leopard
  and was ready to attack like a lion.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Like a bear waiting to attack
  or a hiding lion,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He is like a bear or lion hiding and waiting to devour me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He has waited to attack me
  like a bear or a lion hides and waits to attack other animals.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:11:

• Kupsabiny: “He dragged me along and beat me severely
  and then he left me sprawled.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “he has dragged me away from the path
  attacked me and left me badly wounded.
  He left me without help.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He dragged me away from the road, then tore and left- [me] -behind.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “It is as though he has dragged me off the path and mauled me/torn me into pieces,
  and left me without help.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:12:

• Kupsabiny: “He had strung his bow
  aiming his arrows at me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “He lifted his bow
  and made me the target for his arrows.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He bent his bow-and-arrow and pointed to me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “It is as though he bent his bow and caused me to become the target
  at which he shot his arrows.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:13:

• Kupsabiny: “He shot the arrows of his quiver
  hitting the heart.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “He has pierced my heart
  with arrows from his quiver.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He shot- me -with-bow-and-arrow and [it] really went-through my heart.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “It is as though he shot his arrows deep into my body.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:14:

• Kupsabiny: “All my people now sneer at me
  and they sing about me all day long laughing at me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “When people see me, they laugh at me;
  they mock me all day long with their songs.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I became a laughingstock to my fellowmen. They mock me all day-long by singing.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “All my relatives laugh at me;
  all day, every day they sing songs that make fun of me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:15:

• Kupsabiny: “He has poisoned me with bitter plants
  and made me drink gall.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “He has filled me with bitter herbs
  and made me drink gall.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “What he gave to me was pure/all pain.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He has filled me with bitterness/great suffering,
  like someone who drinks a very bitter liquid suffers.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:16:

• Kupsabiny: “He crushed my teeth with stones
  and pushed my face into the dust.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Feeding me gravel he has broken my teeth
  and then he trampled me in the dust.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “My teeth have-been-pulled-out because he had- me -eat gravel, and he trampled me on the ground.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “It is as though he has caused me to chew gravel that broke my teeth,
  and he has trampled me in the dirt.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:17:

• Kupsabiny: “He stripped me of peace
  and I do not know what happiness is.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Peace has gone far from my life;
  I have forgotten what happiness is.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He took from me the good situation, and I no longer experienced abundance.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Things no longer go well for me;
  I no longer remember being prosperous.” (Source: Translation for Translators)