Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Exodus 23:29)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 23:29:

  • Kupsabiny: “You (plur.) will not chase all within one year because that country will be (too) big/wide for you and animals will be too many for you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become fearful and the wild animals would become too many in their numbers.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But I will- not -drive them out in only one year so-that this-particular land will- not become lonely/desolate and so-that the wild animals will- not -become too many there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “But I won’t drive them away so that they’re finished in one year. Lest that land remain empty and so the wild animals become numerous and then be destroying you.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “But, I not them out will chase away with year one, because when they will disappear together, place their will be wild, and wild animals will multiply, will be many there.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “I will not expel all of them in less than one year. If I did that, your land would become deserted, and there would be very many wild animals that would attack you/you would not be able to control.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 23:30)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 23:30:

  • Kupsabiny: “But I will be chasing them away little by little until you all come and occupy that place.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “But I will drive them out before you a little at a time, until you possess the land.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will-drive- them -out little-by-little until you (plur.) have-become-many/have-increased and can now take-possession of the land.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “I’m going to destroy them a little at a time until you (pl.) become numerous and so completely fill that land and stand strong in it.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “Therefore, I will chased them away out slowly, until you will go be many, will possess that country all.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “I will expel those people-groups slowly, a few at a time, until the number of your people increases and you are able to live everywhere in the land.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 23:31)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 23:31:

  • Kupsabiny: “You will expand the boundary of your territory right from the valley of Aqaba to the Mediterranean sea. It will again proceed from the desert in the south to river Euphrates. I will make you defeat the people of those places and chase them away when you (plur.) are about to reach there.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “I will expand your borders from the Red Sea to the Philistine coast, and from the desert to the Euphrates. I will hand over to you the people who live in the land and you will drive them out before you.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘I will-make-sure that the borders of your (plur.) land will-start-from the Red Sea to the Sea of Mediteraneo, and from the desert in the south to/up-to the River of the Eufrates. I will-hand-over to you (plur.) the residents of that-particular land, and you (plur.) will-drive- them -out.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “‘I’m going to set the end of the boundary marker for your (pl.) land to go down at the Red ocean’s beach, and the end of its opposite boundary marker will do down at the great ocean of the Pilistia people, and the end of its opposite boundary marker will go down in the desolate area, and the end of its opposite boundary marker will go down at the great river Iupretis. And the people who are living in that area, I’m going to place them up into your hands, and so you will drive them away so that they flee and go.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “And I will delimit country your at edge of Water Red until edge of Water of Philistines, from wilderness until river of Euphrates, because they who be present that country all, I will give you them in hand, and you will chase them away out.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “I will cause the borders of your land to extend from the Red Sea/Gulf of Aqaba in the southeast to the Mediterranean Sea in the northwest, and from the Sinai Desert in the southwest to the Euphrates River in the northeast of the country. I will enable you to expel the people who live there, so that you will expel them as you occupy more of the country.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 23:32)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 23:32:

  • Kupsabiny: “Don’t ever make an agreement with those people or kneel to/worship anything they kneel to/worship.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Do not make any relationship between them and their gods.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “[You (plur.)] do- not -make a agreement with them or with their little-gods/false-gods.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “But you (pl.) can’t/mustn’t strike any decision to be in agreement with those tribes and their gods.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “So, you not (imp.) with them word of covenant put down, or with gods their.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “You must not make any agreement/treaty with those people or with their gods.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 23:33)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 23:33:

  • Kupsabiny: “Don’t ever accept to live together with those people. When/If you accept their words/customs, they will throw you into evil and make you sin against me. If you kneel to/worship their things, you have entered into a trap which is not very small (it is very big).’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Do not let them live in your country otherwise they will cause you to sin against me, and surely if you worship their gods, you will trap in their net.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “[You (plur.)] do- not -let them live in your (plur.) land for they might (be) the (ones to) cause/urge/[lit. push] you (plur.) to sin against me. If you (plur.) worship their little-gods/false-gods, certainly this will-be a trap/snare for you (plur.).’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And don’t allow them to be living in your (pl.) land either. Lest they pull you so that you do bad deeds against me, For if you lift up their gods’ names, then this practice will destroy you as [if] you got stuck up into a spring-trap.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “They must not (imp.) country your live, in order that they not you make you (sing., imp.) sin in front of me. Because, if you will do thing for gods their, it will trap you.»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Do not allow those people to live in your land, in order that they do not cause you to sin against me. If you worship their gods, you will not be able to escape from worshiping them and sinning against me, just like someone caught in a trap is unable to escape.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 24:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 24:1:

  • Kupsabiny: “After that/Then God told Moses that, ‘Climb up the mountain where I am. Come with Aaron, Nadab, Abihu and seventy elders of Israel. And when you reach, kneel (plur.) at a distance and pray/worship.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then the LORD said to Moises, ‘Come-up/climb-up here to me, and bring-with Aaron, Nadab, Abihu and the 70 leaders of Israel. They are-to-worship me here at a little-distance.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “It came about that the Chief spoke to Moses like this, ‘I want you to arise and come to me on the mountain with Aron and Nadap and Abiu and the seventy elders of Israel. They will stand somewhat far away and then kneel down and lift up my name.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “And The Lord say Moses like this «you, and Aaron, and his male children namely Nadab and Abihu, and elders of Israel who be 70, you move [this direction] [body] upon mountain, you might entreat me there. But, you not me [body] approach [this direction], remain the place which be far from me [body].” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, ‘Come to me, up on top of this mountain, you and Aaron and his sons Nadab and Abihu. Also take along 70 of the Israeli elders/leaders. While you are still some distance from the top of the mountain, prostrate yourselves on the ground and worship me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 24:2)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 24:2:

  • Kupsabiny: “But Moses, you are the only one who should come near to me. Those other people should not come near this mountain.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Only you Moises can-come-near to me, others can- not -come-near. And the people should absolutely not come-up/climb-up here with you (sing.).’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “But Moses, you alone come close to me, the Chief. But the other people won’t be able/permitted to come close to me. And the crowd also won’t be able/permitted to ascend and come with you.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “And you Moses, you (sing., imp.) approach [this direction] me [body] alone. Those people [who] will come with you , they must do not me [body] approach [this direction] with people others those [who] remain bottom of mountain.»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Moses, I will allow you alone to come near to me. The others must not come near, and the rest of the people must not come up the mountain.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 24:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 24:3:

  • Kupsabiny: “Moses went down and told the people what God said and all his will. Then all those people said that, ‘We shall do everything which God wants.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When Moises told the people all the teachings and commands of the LORD, they answered together the same-time/in-unison, ‘We (excl.) will-obey all the things that the LORD has-said.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “Okay, Moses went and spoke to the crowd with the Chief‘s words and all his laws. And when it was done they said in unison (lit. they had a single voice), ‘We (excl.) will do everything as the Chief spoke about.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “And that which The Lord say with that which he put down all, Moses go told it for children of Israel. And they answer for him it with mouth one «That which Yahweh say all, we (excl.) will do it.»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Moses/I went and told the people everything that Yahweh had said and all that he had commanded. The people all replied together, saying, ‘We will do everything that Yahweh has told us to do.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)