The Hebrew that is translated as “the cords of Sheol” in some English versions is rendered in Medumba with the existing expression “the odor of death.”
Source: Jan de Waard in The Bible Translator 1974, p. 107ff.
Language-specific Insights
puffs at all his foes
The Hebrew that is translated as “he puffs (or: snorts) at all his foes” in some English versions is rendered in Medumba with the existing expression “he spits on all his adversaries.”
Source: Jan de Waard in The Bible Translator 1974, p. 107ff.
gates of death
The Hebrew that is translated as “the gates of death” in English is rendered in Medumba with the existing expression “the mouth of death.”
Source: Jan de Waard in The Bible Translator 1974, p. 107ff.