Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:18:

• Kupsabiny: “So I said, ‘I have become a useless thing
  my hope is lost.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “So I say, "My splendor has been lost,
  and all that I had hoped for from the LORD."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “My honor is gone now and all that I had-hope-for from the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I continued to say to myself, ‘I no longer expect to live much longer;
  I no longer confidently expect to receive good things from Yahweh!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:19:

• Kupsabiny: “I have not forgotten my wandering around and the suffering,
  that pain and gall.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “I remember the bitterness and the gall,
  my hardship of wandering around and around.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “(It is) bitter to remember my suffering and wandering.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “When I think about my suffering and my wandering away from home,
  it is like drinking a very bitter liquid.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:20:

• Kupsabiny: “I shall always think of these matters
  which made my stomach die (lose all hope).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “I will always remember it,
  and my heart is discouraged within me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “When I always remember it, I fell-weak.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I will never forget this time
  when I feel very depressed/discouraged.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:21:

• Kupsabiny: “But I become strong
  when I thought of one word,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “But this I remember,
  therefore I have hope:” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But my hope returns when I remember that” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “However, I confidently expect Yahweh to do good things for me again
  when I think about this:” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:22:

• Kupsabiny: “that we do not die because God loves people,
  and again his mercy does not end.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Because of the everlasting love of the LORD we have not been destroyed,
  for His compassions will remain forever.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “the love and mercy of the LORD is without end. That is why we (incl.) were- not -destroyed completely.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Yahweh never stops faithfully loving us,
  and he never stops being kind to us.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:23:

• Kupsabiny: “His mercy is new every day
  and he is the one to lean on.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “His mercy is renewed every morning.
  How great is your faithfulness!” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The LORD is very faithful. He shows his mercy every day.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He is the one whom we can always trust/lean on.
  Every morning he is merciful to us again.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:24:

• Kupsabiny: “God is the only one my stomach (heart) wants
  so, he alone is that one I trust in.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “My heart said, "The LORD is my inheritance.
  So, I put my hope in him."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I say to myself, ‘The LORD is everything to me, therefore I will-hope in him.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “So I say to myself, ‘Yahweh is all that I need;
  so I will confidently wait for him to do good things for me.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:25:

• Kupsabiny: “God is good to the person who trusts in him,
  the one who comes back to where he is.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The LORD is good to all who wait for him
  to the one who seeks him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The LORD is good to the ones-who-hope and seek-refuge in him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Yahweh is good to all those who depend on him,
  to those who seek his help.” (Source: Translation for Translators)