Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Ezekiel 16:26)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 16:26:

  • Kupsabiny: “You slept with your neighbors from Egypt who desired you and/so, that made me angry.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You committed-fornication with the Egiptohanon, your neighbors who are lustful. Your continuing immorality really caused- me -to-anger.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “It was as though you had sex with men from Egypt who were eager to have sex with you, men who lived near to Israel. You caused me to become very angry because you became more eager to have sex with more and more of them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 16:27)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 16:27:

  • Kupsabiny: “So I have punished you and stripped you of your blessing. I have handed you over to the hands/power of the Philistines who hate you and are disgusted on account of those ways that are not good.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Therefore I punished you and caused- your territory -to-become-small. I handed- you -over to your enemies who are Filistinhon, and even them were appalled/shocked by your lewd/dirty/rude behavior/ways.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So I punished you and caused your enemies to capture some of your country. I enabled your greedy enemies from Philistia to defeat you; and even they were shocked because of your disgraceful behavior.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 16:28)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 16:28:

  • Kupsabiny: “But since that was not enough for you, you accepted to work together with the idol of the Assyrians but that did not finish your desire either.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘You also committed-fornication with the ones-who-are-from- Asiria for you were never still not satisfied. And after that, you still not satisfied.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “It was as though you had sex with soldiers from Assyria, too, because you always wanted more sex. And after that, you still were not satisfied.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 16:29)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 16:29:

  • Kupsabiny: “You involved yourselves with the Babylonians those people who like trading but that did not satisfy you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Your immorality increased more for you also committed-fornication with the ones from-Babilonia, the place of the merchant, but you were never still satisfied.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So you also had sex with soldiers from Babylonia, a country full of merchants/businessmen, but even that did not satisfy you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 16:30)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 16:30:

  • Kupsabiny: “The God of power is saying: You have done all these things like a prostitute with boldness.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘I, the Lord GOD, am-saying that you are easy to-be-carried-away. That is why you have done those things as a disgusting/shameless prostitute woman who sells her honor.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that when you did all those things, acting like a bold prostitute, you were showing that you were ready to do anything that you wanted to.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 16:31)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 16:31:

  • Kupsabiny: “You built houses for worshipping those idols on every street in the city. But you were not looking for money like a prostitute.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You also built-up places-of-worship for the gods at the corners of the roads and in the plazas. You are worse than the women who sell their honor because you do not ask-for-payment in lying-down-beside/(having-sexual-relations-with) you.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When you built shrines to worship idols on every street corner and in every city square/plaza, you were not like a prostitute: Prostitutes charge money, but you refused to take money for what you did.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 16:32)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 16:32:

  • Kupsabiny: “You are like a woman whom people just sleep with and (she) refuses her husband.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You are a woman who commits-adultery! You still prefer to-lie-down-beside/(to-have-sexual-relations-with) other man than with your husband.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “You are like a woman who commits adultery: You prefer to have sex with strangers rather than with your husband.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 16:33)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 16:33:

  • Kupsabiny: “But oh, is a prostitute not given money for her body? But you give out money using them to pull men to come to you from all sides.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The women who sell their honor are-asking-for-payment, but you on-the-other-hand is the one still who gives a gift to your lovers so-that you can-entice them to come-near to you to have-sex.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Prostitutes are paid, but it is as though you give gifts to all your lovers; you bribe them to come to you from everywhere to have sex with you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)