Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 21:4:

• Kupsabiny: “I shall kill with my sword every person from south to north.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Yes, I will-kill you all with my sword from the south up-to the north.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Sowhat I will do to you will be as though I will pull my sword from its sheath and strike you. I will kill everyone, including righteous people and wicked people. I will get rid of everyone, from the south to the north.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 21:5:

• Kupsabiny: “Every person shall know that I God have drawn my sword and I shall not put it back.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then all will-know that I am the LORD. I have-drawn my sword, and I will not put-it-back in its sheath until its killing is not finished.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then everyone will know thatit is as though I, Yahweh, have struck people with my sword, and I will not put it back in its sheath again.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 21:6:

• Kupsabiny: “Ezekiel, groan as if your heart/stomach is broken and there is nothing to hope for any more. Groan at the top of your voice so that every person can see you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘Therefore man, you groan from a great sorrow and pain of heart. You groan in front of them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Therefore, you human, groan! Groan in front of the Israeli people very sadly and sorrowfully.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 21:7:

• Kupsabiny: “And if they ask you, ‘What are you groaning for?’ tell them, ‘There are things that are coming. People will fear and hands sink, hope will be lost and knees paralyzed.’ The day has arrived and these things shall come to pass! It is the God of power who has spoken.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “If they ask why you are-groaning, tell them because of the news which can-cause-trembling, can-cause-weakening, can-cause-to-become-afraid and can-cause- them -to-faint. These things will- surely -happen in not a-long-time. I, the Lord GOD, (am) the-(one) saying this.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “And when they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ tell them, ‘Because of the news that they soon will hear. Everyone will be very fearful , and their knees will become as weak as water. A great disaster will soon occur. That is what Yahweh the Lord is promising.’’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 21:8:

• Kupsabiny: “God said to me,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The LORD still said to me,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Yahweh gave me another message. He said,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 21:9:

• Kupsabiny: “‘Ezekiel, prophesy. Tell the people that,
  ‘God is saying:
  The sword is sharpened, oh, please
  and it is polished/washed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘Man, speak my message to the people. Tell them that I, the Lord, say: I sharpened my sword for killing you (plur.). I polished it well so-that will-flash like the lightning. So/Well will- you (plur.) still -rejoice? Will- you still -mock my disciplining of you (plur.)?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “‘You human, prophesy and say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh says:
  I have sharpened my sword
  and polished it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 21:10:

• Kupsabiny: “That sword is sharpened for killing
  and washed until it flashes like lightning.
  There is no happiness because
  my people have refused (to listen to) what they were warned about.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘Man, speak my message to the people. Tell them that I, the Lord, say: I sharpened my sword for killing you (plur.). I polished it well so-that will-flash like the lightning. So/Well will- you (plur.) still -rejoice? Will- you still -mock my disciplining of you (plur.)?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “It is sharpened in order that I can slaughtermany people with it;
  it is polished so that it will flash like lightning.
  The people of Judah will not celebratetheir being punished like this,
  but they did not repent whenI only struck them with a stick.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 21:11:

• Kupsabiny: “That sword is polished/washed
  it is ready to work.
  The sword is sharpened
  for the killer to take hold of it.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I sharpened and polished my sword, and it is now ready to-be-used to kill.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “A sword should be polished,
  and be grasped in someone’s hand.
  It should be sharpened and polished,
  ready for someone to use it to kill people.” (Source: Translation for Translators)