Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Lamentations 3:58)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:58:

  • Kupsabiny: “You came to my rescue, oh God,
    and you saved my life.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “O Lord, having fought on my behalf
    you redeem me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Lord, you (sing.) have-helped me with my case and have-saved my life.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh, you defended me;
    you did not allow me to die.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Lamentations 3:59)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:59:

  • Kupsabiny: “You have seen, oh God, what has been done to me,
    so, enter yourself into these matters!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “O LORD, you have seen the oppression I suffered.
    Please take up my cause.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) hav- seen, LORD, the wickedness which my enemies have-done to me, therefore give me justice.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Now, Yahweh, you have seen the evil things that my enemies have done to me,
    so decide my case and show that I am right!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Lamentations 3:60)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:60:

  • Kupsabiny: “You have seen, haven’t you, that these people hate me
    and also the plot they have made against me?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “You have seen their revenge against me
    and their evil plans against me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) know how they took-revenge against me and all their plan against me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “You know the evil things
    that they have planned to do to me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Lamentations 3:61)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:61:

  • Kupsabiny: “Oh God, you have seen, haven’t you, how they insult me,
    and what they have devised against me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “O LORD, you have heard how they
    have mocked me,
    and you have heard all the plans they have made against me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “O LORD, you (sing.) have-heard their insulting of me. You (sing.) know all their plan against me –” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh, you have heard them insult me
    and what they have planned to do to me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Lamentations 3:62)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:62:

  • Kupsabiny: “These enemies are talking about me the whole day,
    thinking about how they want to destroy me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Day and night, in order to malign me,
    my enemies spread evil gossip around.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “the schemes they talk-about all day-long against me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Every day they whisper and mutter things about me,
    all day long.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Lamentations 3:63)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:63:

  • Kupsabiny: “They are singing about me all the time
    mocking me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Look at them! When they get up or sit down,
    they slander me in songs.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Look-at them! They mock me with song, either they sit or stand.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Look at them! Whether they are standing or sitting
    they make fun of me with the songs that they sing.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Lamentations 3:64)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:64:

  • Kupsabiny: “Oh God, pay these people back what they deserve
    according to what they have done!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “O LORD, punish them according
    to the evil deeds they have done.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Punish them, LORD, according to what-is-fitting for what they did” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh, cause them to suffer
    in return for their causing me to suffer!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Lamentations 3:65)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:65:

  • Kupsabiny: “Confuse their thoughts
    and curse them completely!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Give them a hard and stubborn mind.
    May your curse fall on them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Cause- their heart -to-become-hard and curse them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Curse them
    for their being very stubborn.” (Source: Translation for Translators)