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

• Kupsabiny: “Then God told Jonah like this, ‘Do you have (a/the) right to be annoyed/angry?’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The LORD said — "Do you have any right to be angry?"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The LORD replied/answered, ‘Is your (sing.) anger so great/[double emphasis marker] because of what I have-done for Nineve?’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “But God said, ‘Why are you (sing.) being-angry (indicates rebuke)?’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “Yahweh replied, ‘Why is it right for you to be angry about my not destroying the city?/It is not right for you to be angry about my not destroying the city! ’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jonah 4:5:

• Kupsabiny: “Jonah had left that city and not gone far. He went out to the East side of that city and made a tent/shelter. He sat down in the shade waiting to see what God would do to that city.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Jonah left the city. He went to sit toward the east of the city. He built a shelter there. Sitting down in the shadow of the shelter, he was waiting to see what would happen to the city of Nineveh.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Jonas went-out from the city and sat-(down) on its east side. He made a shelter/hut there and went-under-the-shade while he was-waiting (to see) what would-happen to the city.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Then Jonas went-out of the city and went and made a place-of-shelter located-toward the east (lit. coming-out of the sun). There he sat-down so-that he would wait-for whatever would happen to Nineve.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “Jonah did not reply. He went out of the city to the east side of it. He made a small shelter in order that he could sit under it and be protected from the sun. He sat under the shelter and waited to see what would happen to the city.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jonah 4:6:

• Kupsabiny: “Then God made a tree/plant to grow immediately there by the tent/shelter. It made (a) cool shade so that Jonah would rest and feel comfortable. Jonah became very happy for that tree/plant.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The LORD caused a pumpkin plant to grow there to cast a shadow on Jonah. This gave Jonah relief from the heat [Lit.: made Jonah cool]. Jonah rejoiced greatly over the pumpkin plant.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But Jonas (was) still hot, so the LORD God caused- a plant -to-grow and had- this -rise-above Jonas in-order to-give-shade to him. Jonas (was) very pleased/happy because of the plant.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “When that was so, Yahweh God caused-to-grow a plant which shaded Jonas so-that he would-not-be-sunshined-upon, and Jonas was extremely made-happy by that plant.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “Then Yahweh God caused a vine to grow up immediately to shade Jonah’s head from the sun and make him feel more comfortable. Jonah was very happy about having the vine over his head.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jonah 4:7:

• Kupsabiny: “And/But very early in the morning, God pushed/sent a caterpillar/insect to eat (it) until (it) dried.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “But the very next day, at God’s command, it was infested with a worm. Then the pumpkin plant dried up.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But in the following day when it was- just about -dawn God caused- the plant -to-be-eaten by a worm and it withered.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “But when it became-light on the next-day (lit. its morning), God commanded a worm/grub/bug to ruin that plant and it withered.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “But before dawn the next day, God sent a worm that chewed the vine, with the result that the vine withered.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jonah 4:8:

• Kupsabiny: “When the sun had risen God pushed/sent a wind which was hot to blow Jonah and the sun burnt/hit the head of Jonah until he nearly fainted. Then Jonah said, ‘Why not just die! Death is better than suffering like this!’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The sun rose and God sent a hot east wind. The sunlight scorching [his] head it seemed like Jonah would faint. Then wishing to die he spoke like this — "Now it is better for me to die than to live."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “When- the sun -rose, God sent a hot wind from the east. Jonas was-about-to-faint when his head was-scorched by the sun. He just wanted now to-die, so he said, ‘(It is) better that I would- just -die now (than) to live.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “When the sun became-higher, God caused-there-to-be a hot wind from the east. Extremely hot also was the sunshine and Jonas was already as-if faint/dizzy, so he prayed that it would be better if he died.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “Then, when the sun rose high in the sky, God sent a very hot wind from the east, and the sun shone very strongly on Jonah’s head, with the result that he felt faint. He wanted to die, and he said, ‘It would be better for me to die than to continue to live!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jonah 4:9:

• Kupsabiny: “(Then) God told Jonah, ‘Are you right to be angry because this tree has dried?’ (he) said, ‘Yes, I have a right to be angry. I am so annoyed/angry that it is better for me to die.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Hearing this God asked — "Is it right for you to be angry because of the pumpkin plant?"
  "Yes! It’s right even if I have to die!"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “God said to him, ‘(Is) your (sing.) anger so great/[double emphasis marker] because of what happened to the plant?’ He replied, ‘Yes, very great/[double emphasis marker], so I just now want to-die!’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “But God said to him, ‘Do you (sing.) have a right perhaps (lit. is there perhaps your right) to be-angry because of what happened to the plant?’
  Jonas said replying, ‘There-is indeed certainly. Extreme is my anger so I want to die.’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “But God asked Jonah, ‘Is it right for you to be angry about what happened to the vine?’ Jonah replied, ‘Yes, it is right! Now I am very angry and I want to die!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jonah 4:10:

• Kupsabiny: “(Then) God told Jonah that, ‘You felt sorry for/had mercy on that tree/plant, because your shade was destroyed. And even though it is not you, you who have used your strength for that tree/plant to grow from there. That tree/plant grew one night, and dried up the next/other night.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The LORD said — "Seeing the pumpkin plant which, without your doing anything, without your planting it, blossomed in a night [and] died in a night, your heart was broken.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The LORD said, ‘You (sing.) indeed have/had-compassion-upon that plant which grew-up for just one night and then died also for just one night, even-though you (sing.) (were) not the one (who) planted or caused- that-(plant) -to-grow.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Then God said, ‘That plant grew in one night and it died in one night. You (sing.) are sad (lit. your thoughts hurt) and you (sing.) had emphatically no hardship over that plant and it was not you (sing.) who caused-it-to-grow.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “But Yahweh said to him, ‘You have been concerned about my causing that vine to wither, even though you did not take care of it, and you did not make it grow. It just grew up during one night, and it completely withered at the end of the next night.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jonah 4:11:

• Kupsabiny: “And now, Jonah, what might eat/cause me, too, not to feel sorry about/have mercy for a big city like Nineveh which has children who are more than one hundred twenty thousand who do not know anything? And even again, there are even many domestic animals.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Shouldn’t my heart be broken over such a great city as Nineveh which has more than 120,000 children who don’t know anything as well as innumerable cattle?"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Should- I not have-had -mercy-upon/have-compassion-upon Nineve, upon that great/big city with more-than 120,000 people who do- not -know about my law, and yet with many animals/livestock?’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Is it not perhaps rightful also that I am-merciful to those who inhabit the mutually-reported-about city Nineve? There there-are more than 120,000 children who are still not able-to-know good and evil. There are also there many animals.’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “But there are more than 120,000 people in Nineveh who are very young, and because of that, they cannot tell which is their right hand and which is their left hand, and there are also many cattle, and none of these have done anything to displease me. So is it not right for me to be concerned about the people of that huge city, and not want to destroy them?/it is certainly right for me to be concerned about the people of that huge city and not want to destroy them! ’” (Source: Translation for Translators)