complete verse (Revelation 8:7)

Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 8:7:

  • Uma: “The first angel blew his trumpet, suddenly there fell from the sky to the earth hail [lit., fruit rain] and fire mixed with blood. One third of the world burned up, even including [lit., until arriving at] one third of the forest and all the green grass.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Then one angel blew (the thing) like a tabuli’ that had been given to him. When he blew it, immediately lots of ice and fire mixed with blood fell on the earth. One part of the earth was burnt by that fire including one part of the trees and the weeds were burnt. Two parts were not burnt.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The first of the angels blew his trumpet. Then hail and fire mixed with blood fell on the earth. One third of the earth was burned, and because of this one third of all the trees and all of the grass there were burned up.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “The first angel blew-his-horn, and after-that it rained hail and fire that was mixed with blood. And a third of the earth was burned-up, along-with a third of the trees and all the grass/weeds.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When the first angel blew his horn, it rained, but what fell was ice which was hard like rock and fire which included blood. The third part of the world was burned up, and the third part of the forest and all the grass/weeds.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “The first angel blew the trumpet. There was hail. There was fire mixed with blood. All came down on the earth. One part of the land burned, but it didn’t come to half that burned. There on the land that burned, the trees burned, the green grass burned.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

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