complete verse (2 Chronicles 9:21)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Chronicles 9:21:

  • Kupsabiny: “Solomon had many ships that went to Tarshish being led/driven by the people of Hiram. After three years had passed, those ships of Tarshish brought to Solomon gold, silver, teeth of elephants, baboons and monkeys.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The King’s ships would go to Tarshish with Hiram’s sailors. Then once every three years this ship of Tarshish would come bringing gold, silver, elephant tusks, monkeys and peacocks.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Solomon also had ships for-business/trading, that were-being-brought/driven by the people of Hiram. These ships were-coming/going-home once in every three years, bringing gold, silver, tusk of elephant, and big and small kinds of monkeys.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The king had a fleet of ships that sailed with the ships that King Hiram owned. Every three years the ships returned from the places to which they had sailed, bringing gold, silver, ivory, monkeys, and baboons (OR, peacocks).” (Source: Translation for Translators)