Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Ezekiel 47:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 47:5:

  • Kupsabiny: “He again counted five hundred meters. Here it (the water) was so much that a person could not cross unless beating the water (swimming).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “He still measured about 1,700 feet, but I could no-longer go-into for it was now very deep. It needed to be-swum now.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then he measured off another 1,750 feet/530 meters and led me through water that had become a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen very high, with the result that it would be necessary to swim across it. It was a river that no one could cross by walking across it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 47:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 47:6:

  • Kupsabiny: “He told me, ‘Ezekiel, examine these things well.’ Then I was taken back to the bank of the river.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The man said to me, ‘Man, remember carefully/[lit. good] what you saw.’ Then he brought me back passing-by the side of that river.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then he said to me, ‘You human, think carefully about what you have seen.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 47:7)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 47:7:

  • Kupsabiny: “And when I had reached, I saw many trees that grew on the bank on this side and the other side.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When were passing-by there, I saw very many trees on both riverbanks.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then he led me to the bank of that river. There I saw many trees growing on each side of the river.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 47:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 47:8:

  • Kupsabiny: “After that, the man said to me, ‘This river flows towards the East passing through the desert land and the valley of Jordan and goes like that until it pours into the Lake of Salt, which makes the water of the lake become clean so that it is possible to drink it.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then he said to me, ‘This water is-flowing to the land (in the) east going-down to the Plains/Valleys of Jordan towards the Dead Sea. And the Dead Sea had-become good/fresh now, and it was not salty anymore.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “He said to me, ‘This water flows east and down into the Dead Sea. And when it flows into the Dead Sea, its salty water becomes fresh.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 47:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 47:9:

  • Kupsabiny: “When/Where this river flows there are lots of animals and fish all over, This river will make the water of the Lake of Salt become clean so that when/where it flows like that, it brings life.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Anywhere that water will-flow, very many fish and still other animals in the water will-live, for the salty water is-being-refreshed by it.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Wherever the river flows, there will be lots of animals and fish. And there will be lots of fish in the Dead Sea, because the water that flows into it will cause the salt water to become fresh water/water that people can drink. Wherever the river flows, everything alongside it will flourish.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 47:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 47:10:

  • Kupsabiny: “Fishermen will stand at the bank of the lake catching fish from En-gedi to En-eglaim. They will dry their nets on the shore. Lots of fish shall fill up that lake of salt like it is in the ocean of Mediterranea.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Many will-fish in the Dead Sea from En-Gedi towards En-Eglaim. The seashore will-be-full of nets which are being-dried under/in the heat. The different fish in the Dead Sea will-increase like in the Sea of Mediteraneo.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Fishermen will stand along the bank of the Dead Sea to catch fish. From En-Gedi on the western side to En-Eglaim on the eastern side there will be places for fishermen to spread their fishing nets. There will be many kinds of fish, like there are in the Mediterranean Sea.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 47:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 47:11:

  • Kupsabiny: “But the water of that lake on the wet banks/marshes tastes salty.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But the waters around it are still salty, so-that the people can-get salt.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But the swamps and marshes along the shore will not become fresh; they will be left to the people to use make salt.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 47:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 47:12:

  • Kupsabiny: “Many trees that produce fruit every month shall grow on the far shore and this shore. Their leaves do not wither because they get water coming from the House of God. These trees shall be feeding people and their leaves (are) medicine.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Both-side of the river will-grow different trees which bear-fruit. Their leaves will- not -wither and their fruits will- not -be-finished. It will-bear-fruits each month for it is being-flowed with water which come from the temple. Their fruits are for the food and their leaves are for medicine.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Many kinds of fruit trees will grow on both sides of the river. Their leaves will not wither, and they will always have fruit. They will bear fruit every month, because they will continually get water from the water that comes from the temple. Their fruit will be good to eat and their leaves will be good for healing.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)