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

• Kupsabiny: “Then he said to me, ‘Ezekiel, dig/drill into this wall.’ So, I dug/drilled that wall until I got an entrance/door.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He said to me, ‘Man, cause- the hole of the wall -to-become-big.’ Therefore I caused- it -to-become-big, and I saw a gate/door.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He said to me, ‘You human, dig through the wall here.’ So I dug through the wall, and I saw a doorway inside.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 8:9:

• Kupsabiny: “Then he said to me, ‘Go inside and see the frightful things that these people have been making.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He again said to me, ‘Go-in and see the very detestable-things which they are-doing.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He said to me, ‘Go in and see the wicked and detestable things that they are doing there!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 8:10:

• Kupsabiny: “So, I entered inside. And when I looked around, I saw images that had been scratched into the wall. They were of animals that crawl on the ground, all terrifying animals and all the idols that the house of Israel were worshipping.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Therefore I went-in and I saw that the stone-wall around was full of different pictures of animals that crawl and of other animals that are considered dirty. I also saw there all the little-gods/false-gods of the people of Israel.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “So I went in through the doorway and looked, and I saw, all over the wallsof a big room, drawings of all kinds of creatures that scurry across the ground and other detestable animals, and drawings of all the idols that the people of Israelwere worshiping.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 8:11:

• Kupsabiny: “There were seventy elders of Israel there together with Jaazaniah who was son of Shaphan. Each one had a thing for burning those things that smell sweet and all those were emitting smoke.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The 70 ones-who-rule of Israel were-standing there, and one of them was Jaazania the child of Shafan. Each one was-holding a container of incense, and the smoke of the incense was-going-up.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “In front of them stood 70 elders of Israel. Jaazaniah, the son of Shaphan, was standing among them. Each of them was holding a pan in which incense was burning, and fragrant smoke of the burning incense was rising up.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 8:12:

• Kupsabiny: “Then God said to me, ‘Ezekiel, you have seen what these elders of Israel are doing in the dark all being where a house of his idol that he worships is, haven’t you? These people are saying, ‘God does not see us, and he has turned his back to the land.’ ’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then God said to me, ‘Man, well you have seen now what the ones-who-rule Israel were-doing in secret? Each one of them is there in the room of his little-god. They say, ‘The LORD is not looking at us; he already has-rejected Israel.’ ’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Yahweh said to me, ‘You human, look at what the Israeli elders are doing here in the darkness, each of them standing in front of the shrine of his own idol! They are saying, ‘Yahweh does not see us; Yahweh has deserted this country.’’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 8:13:

• Kupsabiny: “God again said to me, ‘You shall see they are also doing other things that are very terrible.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “God still said, ‘You will- still -see even more the detestable-things they are-doing.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He also said, ‘But you will see things that are even more detestable!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 8:14:

• Kupsabiny: “Then, he took me along to the gate at the side of North of the House of God. I saw women who sat there mourning over the death of a (bad) spirit called Tammuz.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then he brought me to the north side of the gate of the temple of the LORD, and there I saw the women sitting and crying for the god Tamus.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then he took me to the entrance at the north gate of the temple. I saw women sitting there, mourning for the death of the god of the people of Babylonia, Tammuz.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 8:15:

• Kupsabiny: “Then he said to me, ‘You see these things, Ezekiel, don’t you? You shall even see other things more terrible than these.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He said to me, ‘Man, have you seen that? You will- still -see even more there detestable-things.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He said to me, ‘You human, you see this , but you will see things that are more detestable than this!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)