Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Ezekiel 29:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 29:5:

  • Kupsabiny: “I shall take you and those fish and scatter you in the desert where there is no one who would bury you. Vultures and (other) animals shall eat you (plur.).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will-throw you and the fish to the desert, and you will-lay-down on the ground that no one will-take and will-bury you. I will-have- you -eaten by the wild animals and birds.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I will leave you and all those fish to die in the desert;
    you will fall onto the ground,
    and your corpse will not be picked up and buried,
    because I have declared that your flesh will be food for the wild animals and birds.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 29:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 29:6:

  • Kupsabiny: “That is when all the people of Egypt will know that I am God. The people of Israel leaned on you (plur.) but you were weak like a thin stick.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then all who live in Egipto will-know that I am the LORD. For you are just like a weak reed that trusted of the people of Israel.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When that happens, all the people of Egypt will know that it is I, Yahweh, who have the power to do what I say that I will do.
    The Israeli people trusted that you would help them. But you have been like a reed pole in their hands.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 29:7)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 29:7:

  • Kupsabiny: “When those Israelites wanted to lean on you (plur.), you (plur.) broke and pierced their shoulders and their backs were overloaded.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When they rest on you, you were-broken and their arms were-wounded. When they leaned on you, you were-bent therefore they fell-down and their hips were-fractured.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “And when they leaned on that pole, it splintered and tore open their shoulders. When they leaned on you, it was as though you were a pole that broke, and as a result you wrenched their backs.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 29:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 29:8:

  • Kupsabiny: “But now, says the God of power: I shall send enemies to kill your people and their animals.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Therefore I, the Lord GOD, say that I will-have- you -attacked by the people who will-kill your people and their animals.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘I will bring your enemies to attack you with their swords, and they will kill your people and your animals.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 29:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 29:9:

  • Kupsabiny: “The land of Egypt shall be laid waste. Then they will know that I am God.
    As you said that, ‘The river Nile is mine and I am the one who created it,’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Egipto will-become a desolate place. Then you will-know that I am the LORD.
    ‘Because you say that the Nile river is yours and you the one-who-made it,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Egypt will become an empty desert. Then the people of Egypt will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.’
    You proudly said, ‘The Nile River is mine; I made it!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 29:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 29:10:

  • Kupsabiny: “I detest you (sing.) and that river Nile. I will make the whole of Egypt desolate from the city of Migdol in the North to the city of Aswan in the South until it hits/reaches the border of Cush.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I am against you and your river. I will-destroy Egipto and it will- now -become desolate from Migdol towards Aswan, up-to the boundary of Etiopia.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Therefore I am opposed to you and your streams, and I will cause Egypt to be ruined, and cause it to be an empty desert, from Migdol in the north to Aswan in the south, as far south as the border of Ethiopia.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 29:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 29:11:

  • Kupsabiny: “There is no person, thing or animal who shall step on or live there.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “No man or animal will-pass there, and no one will-live for a period/[lit. inside] of 40 years.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “For 40 years no one will walk through that area, and no one will live there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 29:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 29:12:

  • Kupsabiny: “I shall make Egypt lose strength surpassing how other countries lost strength. Its cities will be in ruins for forty years and and/with other cities that were destroyed. I shall scatter its people to other countries and communities.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will-make Egipto the most-desolate of all the nations. For a period/[lit. inside] of 40 years, her towns will-become the-most-desolate of all the towns. And I will-scatter the Egiptohanon to different nations.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Egypt will be barren/empty, and it will be surrounded by other desolate nations. The cities in Egypt will be empty and deserted for 40 years, surrounded by ruined cities in nearby nations. I will cause the people of Egypt to be scattered to countries far away.” (Source: Translation for Translators)