The Greek and Hebrew that is typically translated as “heaven is my throne and earth my footstool” in English is translated in the following ways:
- Eastern Highland Otomi: “heaven is where I have my power and earth is also where I have my power”
- Highland Popoluca: “heaven I rule, earth I rule also”
- Lalana Chinantec: “as a chair where kings sit is heaven where I sit. As is a low stool where my feet rest, is the earth”
- San Mateo del Mar Huave: “if I wished, heaven could serve as my seat, and I could use the earth as a place to rest my feet if I wanted” (source for this and above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
- Kankanaey: “In heaven is where I sit to rule, and the world, that’s where-I-stretch-out-my-legs.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The heavens really are my seat in kingship. The world is just the stepping-stool of my feet,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
The Greek that is translation as “receive my spirit” in English is translated as “receive me” in San Mateo del Mar Huave, as “take up [referring to a living thing] my spirit” in Chichimeca-Jonaz, or as “take my heart” in Lalana Chinantec. (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
The Greek that is translated as “paralyzed” in English is translated in the following ways:
See also paralyzed / withered.
The Greek that is translated in English as “heart is not right before God” or similar is translated as “heart not fixed up before the face of God” in Eastern Highland Otomi, as “your heart and soul do not meet the requirements that God wants” in Isthmus Mixe, as “heart not good with God” in Lalana Chinantec, or as “you are not one heart together with God” in San Mateo del Mar Huave. (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
The Greek that is translated as “something like scales” in English is translated in Teutila Cuicatec as “something that looked like hail,” and in San Mateo del Mar Huave as “like a cloud.” (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
See also scales falling from eyes.
The Hebrew, Latin and Greek that is translated in English as “reptiles” or “creeping things” or similar is translated as “those which crawl along upon their stomach” in San Mateo del Mar Huave, “those that crawl the way they travel” in Chichimeca-Jonaz, and “animals that crawl on the ground” in Lalana Chinantec. (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
In Nyamwezi it is translated as as vitundwa vya ku’yu’mba or “creatures that move.” (Source: Pioneer Bible Translators, project-specific translation notes in Paratext)
See also every species of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature.
The Greek that is translated in English as “tanner” is translated as “someone who fixes animal skins” in Eastern Highland Otomi. (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
The Greek that is translated as “shows no partiality” in English is translated in the following ways:
See also God shows no partiality
