Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Daniel 2:38)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 2:38:

  • Kupsabiny: “He made you rule over all people, animals together with all the birds wherever they are. You are the head made of gold.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “He has put the human race and the wild animals and the winged birds of the heavens in your hand. No matter where they live, he as made you ruler of them all. You are that head of gold.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “He caused- you (sing.) -to-rule-over the people, animals, and birds, wherever they are. You (sing.) particularly represent that gold head of the statue.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “He has caused you to be the ruler over all people, and even the animals and birds are controlled by you. So the head of the statue represents you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Daniel 2:39)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 2:39:

  • Kupsabiny: “When you leave, another kingship will follow, but this kingship shall not reach to yours. After that will come a third king who was like bronze, and that one will rule the whole earth.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “After you there will be another empire, but not as strong. And after that a third empire of bronze will rule the whole world.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘The next kingdom following yours will not be powerful like your (sing.) kingdom. The third kingdom represents that bronze part of the statue, and this kingdom will-rule-over the whole earth.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But after your kingdom/rule ends, there will be another great kingdom, but it will not be as great as yours. The silver parts of the statue represent that kingdom. Then there will be a third great kingdom whose king will rule over the whole earth. The bronze parts of the statue represent that kingdom.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Daniel 2:40)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 2:40:

  • Kupsabiny: “When those ones have passed, next shall come a kingship which is as hard as iron. This fourth kingship will crush the first ones the way iron breaks and crushes things completely.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “After that there will also be a 4th empire as strong as iron. Just as iron pulverizes all things so, like that, it will pulverize all previous empires, pushing [lit.: doing] them hither and thither.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “And the next is the fourth kingdom is strong-as an iron. For as iron can-smash/crush everything/all, this kingdom will-crush/smash other kingdoms.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “After that kingdom ends, there will be a fourth great kingdom. The iron parts of the statue represent that kingdom. The army of that kingdom will smash the previous kingdoms, just like iron smashes everything that it strikes.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Daniel 2:41)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 2:41:

  • Kupsabiny: “Have you not seen that the feet and toes are partly clay and partly iron. That shows that the kingship shall divide itself, and shall be partly strong as iron because it is iron mixed with clay.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “That empire will be divided like the clay and iron feet and toes that you saw. Yet the iron in it will have some strength like the iron mixed with clay that you saw.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “And just like the feet of the statue of clay and iron, this kingdom will-be-divided. But it will-remain strong, for you (sing.) have also seen that the feet of the statue were mixed with iron.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The feet and toes of the statue that you saw, that were a mixture of iron and clay, indicate that the kingdom they represent will later be divided.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Daniel 2:42)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 2:42:

  • Kupsabiny: “Just as the toes are partly iron and partly clay, it shows that that kingdom shall have some little strength and be partly weak.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Just as those toes were part iron and part clay, that empire will be partly strong and partly weak.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The clay and iron toes of the feet symbolizes/represents that a part of this kingdom will-be-strong and a part will-be-brittle.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Some parts of that kingdom will be as strong as iron, but some parts will not remain together, just as iron and clay do not stick together.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Daniel 2:43)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 2:43:

  • Kupsabiny: “Just as iron is mixed with clay, the people too shall mix through marriage like iron and clay.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “So they will also be a mixed nation like the mixed iron and clay that you saw. And just as it is not possible to mix iron and clay, it will also not be possible to mix them together.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The mixture/combination of iron and clay also means that the leaders/[lit. heads] of these kingdoms will-unite through intermarriages. But their unity will not be for a long-time, just-like the iron and clay can not possibly be-mixed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The mixture of iron and clay in the statue shows also that the rulers of those kingdoms that separate from each other will try to form alliances with each other as a result of members of the royal families of those kingdoms marrying each other. But that will not succeed, just as iron and clay do not stick together.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Daniel 2:44)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 2:44:

  • Kupsabiny: “While these kings rule, the God of heaven will set up another kingdom/rulership that no person will destroy, nor will it be left to other people. But this kingdom will destroy the others completely and shall last forever.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “During the reigns of those kings the God of heaven will establish a kingdom. That kingdom will never be destroyed, it will also not be given to other nations. It will pulverize all those kingdoms and cause them not to exist. It, however, will always continue to exist.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘During the time of these leaders/[lit. heads], the God of heaven will-raise a kingdom that will- never -be-destroyed forever/[lit. until whenever]. This will- never -be-defeated by other [kingdoms], instead it will indeed defeat all the [other] kingdoms and it will-remain forever/[lit. until whenever].” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But while those kings are ruling, God who rules in heaven will establish a kingdom that will never end. No one will ever defeat its king. He will completely destroy all those kingdoms, but his kingdom will remain forever.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Daniel 2:45)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 2:45:

  • Kupsabiny: “You saw the stone that uprooted itself from the hill side in a mysterious/amazing way and how it crushed that shaped thing (statue) made out of iron, bronze, clay, silver and gold. The God of authority has revealed to you what will happen in the days to come. I have truly narrated to you how your dreams were and what shall happen as I have shown to you.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “You have seen the rock which broke loose from the mountain without having been touched by human hand by which the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold were pulverized. By that Great God has shown the King what all is about to take place.
    "The dream is sure and its meaning is trustworthy."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Just as you (sing.) have-seen the rock which cut/chipped from the mountain (but was- not -cut by man) that smashed/crushed the statue of iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold.
    ‘Beloved King, the powerful God has-shown you (sing.) what will-happen in the future. That was your (sing.) dream and its meaning. All that I said is very true.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “That is the meaning of the rock that something cut from the mountain, the rock that will crush to tiny bits the statue that is made of iron, bronze, silver, and gold.
    O king, the great God has shown you what will truly happen in the future. And you can trust what I told you about the meaning of the dream.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)