Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Ezekiel 3:24)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 32:4:

  • Kupsabiny: “I will make you be pulled out and thrown in an open field. Animals of the bush and vultures shall eat you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will-throw you into the ground and cause-to-be-eaten by the birds and wild animals.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “They will throw you into a field to die;
    I will allow the birds to sit on you,
    and all the wild animals will eat the flesh of your corpse until their stomachs are full.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 3:25)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 32:5:

  • Kupsabiny: “I shall scatter the meat of your body on the hillside and valley” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will-scatter your flesh on the mountains and valleys.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I will cause them to scatter your flesh on the hills
    and fill the valleys with your bones.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 3:26)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 32:6:

  • Kupsabiny: “and pour out your blood to run down the hillside until it fills up the valley.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will-stain/drench the land with your blood, as-well-as the mountains and I will-cause- it -to-flow in the passageway/channel of water.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I will cause them to fill the land with your blood,
    all the way to the mountains,
    and the ravines will be filled with your flesh.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 3:27)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 32:7:

  • Kupsabiny: “When I destroy you, the stars above will be covered and a cloud will close off the sun and also the moon shall not be seen.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When I will-vanish you now, I will-block with clouds the heaven, therefore the stars will- no -longer-shine, as-well-as the sun and the moon.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When I get rid of you,
    I will cover the sky and not allow the stars to shine.
    I will put a dark cloud in front of the sun,
    and the moon will not shine.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 32:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 32:8:

  • Kupsabiny: “I shall cover up everything that gives light and that country of yours shall be closed off completely! It is me the God of power who has spoken.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will-cause-to-become-dark everything that shines in heaven. Therefore your entire nation will-become- very -dark. I, the Lord GOD, (am) the-(one) saying this.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I will cause the stars in the sky to be dark,
    and there will be darkness over your entire land;
    that will surely happen because I, Yahweh the Lord, have said it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 32:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 32:9:

  • Kupsabiny: “Even many countries that you do not know will be troubled, when they are told the news that you have been destroyed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘The people-groups of the nations whom you do not know will-be-troubled when I will- now -destroy you.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “And when the people of many nations hear about your being destroyed,
    many of them will be afraid/worried—
    people living in countries that you have never known about.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 32:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 32:10:

  • Kupsabiny: “What I am going to do to you when my swords flashes in battle will make many people and their kings speechless.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Many nations whom I will-cause-to-become-afraid of what will-happen to you, as-well-as their kings will-tremble in fear. Each one of them will- surely -tremble in fear if I will-swing my sword to them in times of your destruction.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I will cause many people to be appalled because of what has happened to you,
    and their kings will be horrified and shudder/shake because of your being destroyed,
    when I swing my sword in front of them.
    At the time that you will be destroyed,
    all of them will tremble,
    fearing that they also will be killed.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 32:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 32:11:

  • Kupsabiny: “Well, the God of power is saying: The king of Babylon will fight against you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I, the Lord GOD, say that you will-be-attacked by the sword of the king of Babilonia.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “This is what Yahweh the Lord says:
    ‘The swords of the army of the King of Babylon will strike you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)