Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Ezekiel 26:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 26:17:

Kupsabiny: “Then those people shall lament and grieve saying:
Oh, you city with water around it
who was indeed the ruler of the ocean,
look how you have been demolished!
You ruled the ocean
and you made all those outside the city tremble.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Then they will-lament this for you: ‘How you have-fallen, you famous city which is-the-place-of-living by people whose livelihood is-there by the sea. You are very powerful in the sea and all who lived near the sea are afraid of you.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Then they will sing a sad song about the city, and they will sing this:
‘The famous city , in which many menwho sailed on the seas lived,
is now destroyed!
The people of that city had great power because they had many ships that sailed on the seas;
they caused all the people who lived near them to be terrified.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 26:18:

Kupsabiny: “The countries that are near the coast are afraid
on account of how you have been destroyed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Now, the ones who-live near the sea were-shaking in fear because of your destruction.’ ’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Now on the day when that city is destroyed,
it is as though the people in the areas along the coast tremble
and the the people on the islands in the sea are terrified because of that city being ruined.’’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 26:19:

Kupsabiny: “God is saying: Tyre, I shall make you deserted. I shall make the water of the ocean cover you for you to drown in that water completely.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “The Lord GOD still said, ‘Tyre, you have-become a desolate city, a city where no one lives. I will-cause- you -to-be-overflowed with deep water.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “This is also what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘When I cause the city of Tyre to become desolate/empty, like other cities in which people no longer live, and when I cause the huge waves of the sea to cover it,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 26:20:

Kupsabiny: “Then, I shall send you to the world of the dead to go and meet with those who have died earlier and cities that lie destroyed there. Never shall you rise up from there nor return to meet with those who are still alive.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “I will-bury you into the depths with those people in the time past. You will-remain ruined under the ground with those people who went-down into the depths. You no-longer can-return to the place of the living-ones.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “then I will bring the people of that city down to be with those who have gone down to where the dead people are, people who lived long ago. I will cause them to remain in the place below the earth that is like old/ancient ruins, with those who have gone down to that pit previously, and they will never return to the earth, to where people are alive.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 26:21:

Kupsabiny: “You shall be completely destroyed! You will be searched for and not be found. It is me the God of power who has spoken.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “I will- now -finish you, and your end is fearful. You will- now -vanish; even if you will-be-looked-for, you will- never -be-found. I, the Lord GOD, (am) the-(one) saying this.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “I will cause them to die in a horrible way (OR, people will be very afraid because of what happens to that city), and that will be the end of them/their lives. People will search for that city but it will no longer exist. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare will happen.’ ’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 27:1:

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 27:2:

Kupsabiny: “Ezekiel, speak to/about Tyre through a song,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “‘Man, you lament concerning Tyre,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “‘You human, sing a funeral song about Tyre.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 27:3:

Kupsabiny: “this city that is at the ocean which does trade with people who live in all directions. Say to it, ‘The God of power is saying: You Tyre are saying, ‘I am very beautiful.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “the city which is the destination of the ships and the trading center of the ones-who-live in near the sea. Tell her that I, the Lord GOD, say, ‘Tyre, you boast that you are beautiful and never had defect.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “The city of Tyre is located on an island at the edge of the sea, and their merchants traded/bought and sold goods with people-groups who live along many seacoasts. This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say that you should tell them:
‘You people of Tyre said that your city was very beautiful.” (Source: Translation for Translators)