Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 31:14:

• Kupsabiny: “So no other tree that grows at the side of a river should boast and raise itself up beyond the top of all the other trees in the forest. Any tree that is by a river should not become so tall because it will be judged to go to where people who plunge down to the world of the dead are going.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Therefore there should-be no tree that will-grow-tall still and will-tower-over other thick trees, even it is still abundant in water. For all the trees will-die like a man, and will-go to the depth of the ground.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The result of what I have done is that no other trees, even if they have plenty of water, will ever grow very high and become proud, and lift their tops above the branches of other trees. I do not want any other tree to grow high like that cedar tree did; trees will all certainly die and decay in the ground, like people die and go down to their graves.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 31:15:

• Kupsabiny: “The God of power is saying: Mourning enveloped the water(s) on the day when the tree went down to the world of the dead. I stopped the streams and rivers so that no stream would flow there. And since that tree had died, I covered/enveloped the hills of Lebanon with darkness and made all trees in the forest dry up.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The Lord GOD still continued to say, ‘On-the day that this tree will-be-brought now to the place of the dead-ones, I will-cover the deep springs as a sign of mourning. The water will- no longer -flow in the rivers, and there is no more abundant water. Because of this, Lebanon will-be-darkened and all the trees in the field will-wither.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘When that great tree was cut down, it was as though the springs that watered it mourned for it, because I caused the plentiful water from the springs to dry up. I caused the mountains in Lebanon to become black, and all the trees there to wither.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

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

• Kupsabiny: “I made the communities tremble when this tree fell and the land was quaking/shaking on that day when I sent it into the hole/grave with those who deserve to go there. Then all the trees in Eden were rejoicing with all the other chosen ones of Lebanon those with enough water that went down to the world of the dead because they were destroyed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The nations will-tremble in fear when they hear the destruction of that tree, in the times that I will-bring it to the place of the dead with those who had-died. Then all the trees in Eden and all the good and beautiful trees in Lebanon which are being-watered well will-rejoice there under the ground.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I caused the people of other nations to tremble when they heard that tree fall to the ground. They realized that it would decay, like all people who die and are buried decay. And all the leaders of other countries represented by other beautiful trees in my garden in Eden and in Lebanon, were like beautiful trees that were very proud. They were ones which had roots that grew down deep into the ground where there was plenty of water. They were comforted when the king represented by that cedar tree was there with them in the place where the dead people are.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 31:17:

• Kupsabiny: “All the other communities had also gone to the world of the dead those that were in its shadow and those that had come to its aid, joining with those that had fallen by the sword.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The nations who shade and ally with it will- also -go with it to the place of the dead[-ones] together there with those who had-died in battle.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The leaders of other countries represented by trees that grew in the shade of the huge tree, the allies of the great nation that the cedar tree represents, had also joined those who had been killed by the sword and gone down to where the dead people are.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 31:18:

• Kupsabiny: “But oh, Egypt, which tree of Eden is able to be compared to you in terms of your power and greatness? Even though it is so, those trees of Eden will be destroyed with you to go to the world of the dead. You shall meet with those who do not know true prayer and were eaten by the sword. It is this Pharao that I am speaking to and all his people. It is I God who has spoken.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘King of Egipto, there is no tree ever in Eden that can-be-equaled to your beauty and powerfulness. But you also will-be-thrown under the ground together-with the trees of Eden. There you will-go-together-with those men who did- not -believe in God who died in battle.
  ‘This is what will-happen to king of Egipto and to his people. I, the Lord GOD, (am) the-(one) saying this.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “This parable is about you people of Egypt. You think that there is no other nation that is as great and glorious as yours is. But your nation will also be destroyed, as Assyria was, along with those other nations. Your people will be there among the other people who are not fit to worship me, people who have been killed by their enemies’ swords. That is what will happen to the king of Egypt and all his people. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have predicted it.’ ’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 32:2:

• Kupsabiny: “‘Ezekiel, lament over the king of Egypt saying: You have been a lion for other countries, but/and a monster in the river. You make the water muddy and stir the rivers to be bad.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘Man, you (sing.) lament concerning Faraon the king of Egipto. Tell this to him: You think that you are like a lion that goes-to-and-fro among the nations. But the truth is, you are just like a crocodile that swims in your river. You stir-up with your feet the water and it becomes-muddy.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “‘You human, sing a sad/funeral song about the king of Egypt. Sing this to him:
  ‘You think that you are like a lion among the nations;
  or like a monster/crocodile in the river
  thrashing around in the water,
  churning/stirring up the water with your feet
  and causing the water to become muddy.” (Source: Translation for Translators)