Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Lamentations 3:50)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:50:

  • Kupsabiny: “until God looks at us from up there in heaven,
    to see our trouble/suffering here on earth.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “as long as the LORD
    does not look down from heaven and sees.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “until the LORD from heaven will-take-notice of us (excl.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “until Yahweh looks down from heaven and sees us.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Lamentations 3:51)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:51:

  • Kupsabiny: “My stomach is finishing/breaking me/I am distressed
    when I see what has been done to the women of this city.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “I am deeply grieved to see the women of
    Jerusalem in their suffering.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “My feeling hurts over the end-result of the women in our (excl.) city.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I am very grieved
    because of what has happened to the women of my city.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Lamentations 3:52)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:52:

  • Kupsabiny: “These enemies hunted me like a bird
    and there is nothing that I did wrong.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Those who for no reason are my enemies
    hunted me like a bird.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “As-if I am like a bird which is-pursued by my enemies even-though I have- not -done any sin to them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Those who are my enemies hunted for me
    like people hunt for a bird to kill it
    even though there was no reason for them to do that.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Lamentations 3:53)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:53:

  • Kupsabiny: “Those people pushed me inside a hole
    and threw rocks on me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “They tried to end my life in a pit
    and they threw stones at me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They tried to kill me by throwing me into the pit and stoning me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “They threw me into a pit to kill me,
    and they threw stones on top of me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Lamentations 3:54)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:54:

  • Kupsabiny: “Water covered my head
    until I thought that I was going to die.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The water covered my head.
    I thought, "I am going to die now."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “As-if I am drowned in water, and I thought I will- now -die.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The water in the pit rose above my head,
    and I said to myself, ‘I am about to die/drown!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Lamentations 3:55)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:55:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then I cried to you
    while being inside the hole, oh God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “O LORD, I prayed to you
    from the depth of the pit.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “From the depth of the pit I called to you (sing.), O LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But from the bottom of the pit I cried out to you ,
    ‘Yahweh, help me!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Lamentations 3:56)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:56:

  • Kupsabiny: “You heard, didn’t you, when I cried to you saying,
    ‘Do not refuse to listen to my cries so I can get rest?’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “You heard my prayer,
    "don’t close your ears to my request for help."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) have-listened to my asking-for-pity and asking for help.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I pleaded with you,
    ‘Do not refuse to heed me while I cry out to you!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Lamentations 3:57)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:57:

  • Kupsabiny: “When I was crying to you came near me
    and said to me, ‘Fear not!’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “When I prayed to you, you came close to me,
    and you said to me, ‘Don’t be afraid’.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) came when I called you (sing.), and you (sing.) said that I would- not -be-afraid.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then you answered me
    and said, ‘Do not be afraid!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)