| Example in Indonesian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Mengapa saya tidak bisa menyembah Tuhan dengan cara saya sendiri Dengan berdoa seperti neraka di ranjang saya? | Why can't I worship the Lord in my own way by praying like hell on my deathbed? |
| Sekarang mari kita berdoa. | Now let us pray. |
| Ada banyak orang di kampung halaman Anda yang berdoa untuk kembalinya Anda, putri. | There are many in your homeland that pray for your return, princess. |
| Kita hanya bisa berdoa kalau Tuhan mengampuni. | We can only pray that God is Merciful. |
| Aku sudah berdoa selama 15 tahun untuknya agar dia kembali. | I've been praying for 50 years for her to come back and claim it. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | صل,صلى, صلي | Catalan | orar, pregar, resar |
| Dutch | bidden, biechten, bieden, meebidden, voorbidden | English | pray |
| Esperanto | preĝadi | Estonian | palvetama |
| Finnish | rukoilla | German | beten |
| Greek | δέομαι, προσεύχομαι | Hawaiian | pule |
| Hungarian | imádkozik | Italian | pregare |
| Japanese | 祈る, 祈願, 祈祷 | Lithuanian | melstis, pasimelsti |
| Macedonian | се помоли | Malay | bersembahyang |
| Norwegian | be | Polish | modlić, pomodlić |
| Portuguese | orar, rezar | Russian | молиться, помолиться |
| Spanish | orar, rezar | Swedish | bedja |
| Thai | อธิษฐาน | Turkish | namaz kılmak |
| Vietnamese | cầu nguyện, cầu siêu, khẩn cầu, khấn vái |