Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Daniel 2:46)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 2:46:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then, king Nebuchadnezzar bowed and knelt in honor of Daniel and said that a sacrifice be made for Daniel and burned for him those things that smell sweet.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then King Nebuchadnezzar honoring Daniel, fell prostrate on the ground. Then he ordered that an offering and incense be sacrificed to him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then King Nebuchadnezzar bowed-down to Daniel to-honor him. After-that he commanded to offer and burn incense to Daniel.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then King Nebuchadnezzar prostrated himself in front of me in great respect. He commanded his people that they burn incense and burn an offering of grain to honor me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Daniel 2:47)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 2:47:

  • Kupsabiny: “The king said to Daniel, ‘In truth, your God is the God of authority over each and every thing. He rules over the kings and he is the one who reveals all that is hidden because you have revealed to me what these dreams mean/show.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The king said to Daniel, "Certainly your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and the one who reveals mysteries. I know this because you have been able to reveal this mystery."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “He said to Daniel, ‘Because you (sing.) told my dream and explained its meaning, (it is) true that your (sing.) God is the most powerful among all gods. He should-be-acknowledged as Lord over/of the kings. And he is alone the one who-can-reveal the hidden truths.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The king said to me, ‘Your God has enabled you to tell me the meaning of this dream/mystery, so now I truly know that your God is greater than all the other gods and all other kings. He reveals to people things that they cannot know.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Daniel 2:48)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 2:48:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then king Nebuchadnezzar honored Daniel so much. He offered him many great gifts. He gave him to rule the whole country of Babylon and be in charge of all men of wisdom in that place.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then the king, giving Daniel many very costly gifts, appointed him to an important position. He chose him to be ruler over the whole province of Babylon. And he made him chief of all the wise men there.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The king then gave Daniel many and beautiful gifts. And he also gave him a high position as a ruler of the whole province of Babilonia and leader/[lit. head] of all the wise-men there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then the king gave many gifts to me, and he also appointed me to rule over the entire province of Babylon, and also to be the boss of all his wise men.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Daniel 2:49)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 2:49:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then Daniel spoke to the king requesting him to make Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego leaders/administrators in the province of Babylon. But Daniel remained in the home of the king.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “By Daniel’s request the king chose Shadrach, Meshech and Abednego as working under the daniel governors of the province of Babylon. Daniel, however, stayed in the king’s royal palace.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Daniel requested the king to appoint Shadrac, Meshac, and Abednego his helper to rule-over the province of Babilonia. And the king agreed. Daniel on-the-other-hand remained there in the palace of the king.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I asked the king to appoint Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to also have important positions in Babylon province, and the king did what I asked him to do. But I did my work while I stayed at the king’s palace.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Daniel 3:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 3:1:

  • Kupsabiny: “King Nebuchadnezzar later ordered that a golden thing (statue) be made/created. That thing should be ninety feet long/high and nine feet wide. Then it should be set up/made to stand in the valley/plain of Dura in the region/province of Babylon.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold which was 30 meters high and 3 meters wide. And he set it up in a place called Dura of the province of Babylon.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Now, Nebuchadnezzar made/erected a statue of gold. Its height (was) 90 feet tall and the width (was) 9 feet. And when (it) was finished, he set- it -up/erected in the plain/valley of Dura there in the province of Babilonia.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “King Nebuchadnezzar ordered his men to make a gold statue. It was 90 feet/27 meters high and 9 feet/2.7 meters wide. They set it up in the Dura plain in Babylon province.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Daniel 3:2)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 3:2:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then, king Nebuchadnezzar summoned all his people including the provincial governors, major and minor rulers, the treasurers, the council elders in charge of large communities and smaller ones together with big/important people in the provinces. All those people came to the feast of dedication of that thing.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “After that King Nebuchadnezzar summoned the provincial district officers, administrators, governors, advisors, treasurers, judges and all the provincial officials to come on the occasion of the dedication of the image that he had set up.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Afterwards King Nebuchadnezzar caused-to-be-called/summoned the governors, mayors, commissioners, advisers, treasurers, judges, leader/[lit. heads], and other officials of the provinces in-order to join the dedication of the statue. When they were already there standing in front of the statue,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then he sent messages to all the provincial governors, the district governors, the chief advisors, the counselors, the various judges, and all the other officials in the province. He told them to come to the dedication of the statue that he had set up.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Daniel 3:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 3:3:

  • Kupsabiny: “So, all those leaders met in front of that thing.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “So the provincial district officers, administrators, governors, advisors, treasurers, judges and all the provincial officials, having been assembled to dedicate the image King Nebuchadnezzar had set up, came and stood before the image.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Afterwards King Nebuchadnezzar caused-to-be-called/summoned the governors, mayors, commissioners, advisers, treasurers, judges, leader/[lit. heads], and other officials of the provinces in-order to join the dedication of the statue. When they were already there standing in front of the statue,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When they all arrived, they all stood in front of that statue.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Daniel 3:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 3:4:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then, the announcer/speaker proclaimed in a loud voice, ‘You people of all provinces, communities and languages, listen to these words:” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “At that time a person coming to make an announcement with a two-headed drum cried out in a loud voice and spoke like this, "O peoples of various ethnic groups, of various nations, speaking various languages, listen kings commanded!” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “the one-who-gives-news shouted, ‘You (plur.) who came from different nations, races, and languages,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then an announcer shouted, ‘You people who come from many countries and many people-groups and who speak many languages, listen to what the king has commanded!” (Source: Translation for Translators)