complete verse (Jeremiah 7:27)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 7:27:

  • Kupsabiny: “So, Jeremiah, although you shall go and tell them all these words, they shall not hear what you are saying. Go and call them, but they will not believe you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘Jeremias, if you (plur.) say all this to them, they will- not -listen to you (plur.). If you (plur.) call them to come-near to me they will- not -answer.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then Yahweh said to me, ‘When you tell all this to my people,
    they will not listen to you.
    When you call to them,
    they will not answer.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Translation commentary on Jeremiah 7:27

In verses 27-28 the LORD addresses Jeremiah, and so both Good News Translation and Die Bibel im heutigen Deutsch make this identification: “So, Jeremiah, you will speak….”

You shall speak … to them, but they will not listen … You shall call to them, but they will not answer you: See verse 13.

Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Stine, Philip C. A Handbook on Jeremiah. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2003. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .