Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Ezekiel 39:20)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 39:20:

  • Kupsabiny: “There you shall eat horses and people who ride on horses, powerful and brave warriors.’ The one who has spoken is I the God of power.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “In this feast which I have-prepared for them, they will-sufficiently eat and drink until they will-be- very -full and drunk. They will-sufficiently eat horses, horse riders, and brave soldiers. I, the LORD, (am) the-(one) saying this.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “It will be as though you are eating at a table that I have set up for you. You will eat all you want of the flesh of horses and their riders, strong soldiers of every kind.’ That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 39:21)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 39:21:

  • Kupsabiny: “I will show the countries my power and they will see how I punish them.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘When I will- now -punish the nations, they will-see how powerful I am.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I will show people of many nations that I am glorious, and all those nations will see how I punish them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 39:22)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 39:22:

  • Kupsabiny: “The house of Israel shall know from then and in the future that I am their God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “And from that time on, the people of Israel will-know that I am the LORD their God.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “After that time, the Israeli people will know that I, Yahweh their God, have the power to do what I say that I will do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 39:23)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 39:23:

  • Kupsabiny: “Other nations will know that the people of Israel were taken to another country on account of their sins because they did not hear/obey me. I turned my back on (them) and handed (them) over to the hands/power of the enemies for them to kill/spear them.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The other nations will- also -know that the people of Israel were-taken-captive because of their sins, for they did not obey me. I turned-my-back to them and let [them] be-attacked by the enemies and be-killed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “And the people of other nations will know that the Israeli people had been forced to go to other countries because they sinned by not being faithful to me. I turned away from/abandoned them, and allowed their enemies to capture them , and many of them were killed by their enemies’ swords.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 39:24)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 39:24:

  • Kupsabiny: “I did to (them) things following/according to the dirt/uncleanness that they had and their mistake/sin turning my back on (them).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I only did to them what is fitting for what they did which was dirty and bad. I really turned-my-back to them.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I punished them like they deserved to be punished because of their disgusting behavior and sins, and I turned away from them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 39:25)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 39:25:

  • Kupsabiny: “So, the God of power is saying: I am going to bring back this house of Jacob to return to where they were driven away from. I will have mercy on this house of Israel and protect my holy name.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The Lord GOD still continued to say, ‘But now, I will-pity the people of Israel, the descendants of Jacob, and I will-cause- their good situation -to-return again, so-that my holy name will-be-honored.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Therefore, this is now what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: I will now bring back from exile/Babylonia the descendants of Jacob; I will pity all the Israeli people, and I will also jealously protect my reputation.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 39:26)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 39:26:

  • Kupsabiny: “When they come to live in their land like before they will no longer have anxiety nor will anyone threaten (them), they will forget the trouble that they went through because they rebelled against me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When they will- now -live in their land peacefully and have nothing to fear, they will- now -forget their shame and their betraying me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When the Israeli people are back in their own country, they will live safely in their land, with no one to cause them to be afraid, but they will be ashamed when they think about the disgraceful and unfaithful things that they did previously.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 39:27)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 39:27:

  • Kupsabiny: “When I bring back the stomach of Israel from those countries they were driven to, to become foreigners, the other countries will know that I am holy.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will-get them from the land of their enemies, and in this way many nations will-see my holiness.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When I have brought them back from their enemies’ countries and gathered them together in Israel, the people of many nations will know that I am holy.” (Source: Translation for Translators)