Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Ezekiel 32:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 32:12:

  • Kupsabiny: “I shall send very fierce soldiers from other countries to destroy your people. They shall defeat/overcome the pride of Egypt and destroy all people.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will-have- your many people -killed by the sword of the powerful people who are the most-violent of all the nations. They will- surely -destroy all the people of Egipto as-well-as the things which this nation boasts.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I will cause very many of your people to be killed
    by the swords of mighty soldiers from Babylonia,
    who are more ruthless/cruel than the soldiers of all other nations.
    They will cause the people of Egypt to quit being proud,
    because very many of their people will be killed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 32:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 32:13:

  • Kupsabiny: “I shall kill all the cattle at all the water holes until there is no cow or person who shall be muddying the water.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will-kill all the animals of Egipto who graze beside the abundant water. Therefore no man or animal anymore will-murky/turbid/muddy the water.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I will destroy all the cattle in Egypt
    that graze/eat grass alongside the streams.
    As a result, the water in those streams will never again become muddy
    because of people and cattle walking in them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 32:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 32:14:

  • Kupsabiny: “No stepping in the water shall happen anymore but it shall flow quietly. It is me the God of power who has spoken.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then I will-make-clear the water of Egipto, and it will-flow like the flowing of oil. I, the Lord GOD, (am) the-(one) saying this.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then I will allow the streams in Egypt to become calm again
    and flow as smoothly as olive oil flows.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 32:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 32:15:

  • Kupsabiny: “When I have made Egypt desolate and stripped the country for everything and destroyed all the people, surely people shall know that I am God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When I will-make Egipto desolate now, and destroy all which is in there as-well-as her residents, they will-know that I am the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When I cause Egypt to become empty/desolate
    and strip off everything that grows on the land,
    and when I get rid of all the people who live there,
    people will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.’ ’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 32:16)

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

  • Kupsabiny: “People shall do this lament to make people aware/remember. Women shall lament while crying over Egypt and all its people. It is me that God of power who has spoken.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘That was the lament of the residents of the nations for Egipto and for all her residents. I, the Lord GOD, (am) the-(one) saying this.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “That sad song about Egypt will also be sung by the people.
    Women of many nations will sing it.
    They will chant it about Egypt and all its people;
    that will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said that it would happen.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 32:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 32:17:

  • Kupsabiny: “And/But on the fifteenth day of that month that year we were foreigners in another country, God said to me,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Now, on the 15th day of the same month and year, the LORD said to me,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “On the fifteenth day of that same month, Yahweh gave me another message. He said,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 32:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 32:18:

  • Kupsabiny: “‘Ezekiel, cry over all the many people in Egypt. I am going to throw them down into the world of the dead going/joining with other powerful communities.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘Man, you (sing.) mourn for the residents of Egipto and for the residents of other powerful nations. For I will-throw- them -down under the ground together-with those who-had- already -died there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘You human, wail about the many people of Egypt, because I will send them to the place under the earth, where they and people of other mighty nations will be. I will send them there, along with others, down to the place where the dead are.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 32:19)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 32:19:

  • Kupsabiny: “Tell them, ‘Do you think that you are better than other people? You shall fall down with others who do not know the true prayer/religion.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Tell them, ‘Are you more above the others? You also will-be-thrown-down into the depths and you will-be- there -with those who did not believe in God” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Say to them, ‘You people of Egypt, you think that you are more beautiful than the people of other nations. But you also will descend to the place where the godless dead people are.” (Source: Translation for Translators)