complete verse (Romans 8:21)

Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 8:21:

  • Uma: “That’s why all that God created hopes that the time will come when God will release the world from the power that brings death, to the point that this world really becomes free and gets a share in the bigness of life [i.e., glory] of God’s children.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “it’s as if they really are expecting that they will be made good in the future. Now all that God has created its destiny is death. But they will all become/be made new when the day comes when God honors his children. They will no longer die but they will really become good that day.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “when God will make it so that there is no longer any decay among all creation, and everything will become new just like the sons of God when they are made immortal, will be made new also.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “because it is God’s plan that all that was created will be-set-free in-the-future from the power of decay and death so that they will share-in the very-good status of his children.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “It will be a day in which no longer there will be death in the world. Then the things which have life will not spoil. All these things will happen when the day comes that God will give the good to his children.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

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