complete verse (1 Chronicles 24:22)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Chronicles 24:22:

  • Kupsabiny: “Jahath who was leading the house/family of Shelomoth and was from the house of Izhar.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “From the Izharites: Shelomoth.
    From the sons of Shelomoth: Jahath.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “From the descendants of Izhar: Shelomot.
    From the descendants of Shelomot: Jahat.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)

Translation commentary on 1 Chronicles 24:22

Shelomoth is called “Shelomith” in 1 Chr 23.18. Some versions use the same spelling here in order to avoid confusion for the reader (so Good News Translation, New Living Translation, Die Bibel im heutigen Deutsch).

Good News Translation‘s rendering for this verse may be misleading since the focus is changed as in verse 20. A better model is “Among the descendants of Izhar, there was Shelomoth, and among those of Shelomoth, Jahath” (Bible en français courant).

Quoted with permission from Omanson, Roger L. and Ellington, John E. A Handbook on 1-2 Chronicles, Volume 1. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2014. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .