Haug was an erudite scholar and a talented linguist. He told his fellow scholars in Berleburg of his earnest desire “to provide a wholly pure Bible translation, to correct Luther’s translation, to render the meaning exactly according to the letter of God’s Word and according to its spirit. ”
बेरलेबुर्क येथील आपल्या सहविद्वानांना त्याने आपल्या मनातील इच्छा व्यक्‍त केली.