Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Ezekiel 32:20)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 32:20:

  • Kupsabiny: “They shall die to be added to those who were killed in battle. The sword shall eat them all.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “who died in battle.’ The Egiptohanon will-be-destroyed for the sword of the enemies is now ready to kill them. Egipto and her people will-be-dragged-away towards destruction.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Your enemies will pull out their swords and kill many of you. A huge number of the people of Egypt who remain will be dragged away.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 32:21)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 32:21:

  • Kupsabiny: “Powerful leaders are calling out from there saying to Egypt and those who assisted them, ‘You also who do not have the true prayer/religion shall fall to come here to the world of the dead, look they are lying/sleeping here!’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “There in the place of the dead-ones, Egipto and her allied nations will-be-greeted by the mighty leaders. They will-say, ‘They too went-down here! They are now together-with the ones who did not believe in God who died in battle.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “In the place where the dead people are, mighty leaders of other countries will make fun of the people of Egypt and say, ‘They have come here to lie with us godless people who were killed by our enemies’ swords!’ ’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 32:22)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 32:22:

  • Kupsabiny: “Here is the king of Assyria and all his soldiers. He is surrounded by the graves/holes of his people who were killed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘There also is the king of Asiria who was surrounded by the graves of his soldiers who died in battle. Their graves are there in the deepest part of the depths. These people who were-feared in-time-past by the people died in battle.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The corpses of the people of Assyria will be there. They will be surrounded by corpses of soldiers who were killed by their enemies’ swords.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 32:23)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 32:23:

  • Kupsabiny: “He is in the world of the dead together with all his soldiers who have been terrifying people.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘There also is the king of Asiria who was surrounded by the graves of his soldiers who died in battle. Their graves are there in the deepest part of the depths. These people who were-feared in-time-past by the people died in battle.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The people’s graves are there in the deep pit, and corpses of soldiers of their army lie around their graves. Corpses of all those who had caused many others in other places to be terrified also will be there, having been killed by swords.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 32:24)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 32:24:

  • Kupsabiny: “Here is also the king of Elam. He is in the world of the dead together with all his soldiers who have been terrifying people. They are dead without believing in the true religion and (they are) shamed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘There also is the king of Elam. His grave was surrounded by the graves of his people. They all died in battle. They went-down there in the place of the dead-ones together-with the others who did not believe in God. When they were still alive they caused- the people -to-become-afraid of them, but now they were put-to-shame together-with the others who died.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “A great number of the people of Elam will be there. They also were killed by their enemies’ swords. They had caused people in many places to be terrified. At that time they will lie there in that deep pit below the earth, and they, along with the others who have gone there, will be disgraced.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 32:25)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 32:25:

  • Kupsabiny: “The king was struck down and buried with those who died in battle. (They) all died in battle without having the true religion. When they were still alive, they went around terrifying other people but now they, too, are in the world of the dead being shamed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The king of Elam has something-to-lie-down-in-full-view there with the ones who died in battle. His grave is surrounded by the graves of his people. They all who did not believe in God died in battle. Because when they were still alive they caused- the people -to-become-afraid of them, but now they were put-to-shame and were-laying-down-in-full-view with the ones who died in battle.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “They will lie there among others who were slaughtered, surrounded by the graves of a huge crowd of other people. While they were alive, they caused people of other nations to be terrified; but they were godless, and now, having been killed by their enemies swords, they will lie with others in that deep pit, disgraced, all of them avoiding each other.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 32:26)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 32:26:

  • Kupsabiny: “There is also the king of Mesheck and that one of Tubal. Both are in the world of the dead together with all the soldiers who have terrified people. These people did not have the true religion.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘There also the king of Meshec and the king of Tubal. Their graves were surrounded by the graves of their people. They all who did not believe in God died in battle. Because when they were still alive they caused- the people -to-become-afraid of them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Corpses of soldiers of Meshech and Tubal will be there, surrounded by the graves of a huge crowd of their people. They were all godless people who were killed by swords because while they were alive, they also caused people in many places to be terrified.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 32:27)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 32:27:

  • Kupsabiny: “They were not buried in an honorable way like the brave ones of old who were buried with their irons of battle (weapons). Each of those brave ones was laid with the head on his sword and his shield over his body. The way those people were buried showed that they were doing matters that terrified people.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They were not given an honorable burial like the other famous people who did not believe in God, when they were-buried their swords were-there at their heads-above and their shields were-there on their breast/chest. They/[lit. These they] also died in battle, for when they were still alive they caused- also the people -to-be-afraid of them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “They will surely not be buried honorably like the soldiers who have died, whose shields were buried with their corpses, whose swords were placed on their skulls in the graves. While those godless people were alive, they had caused many people in the land to be terrified, so they were punished for their sins.” (Source: Translation for Translators)