Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 13:1:
- Uma: “After that, I saw an animal appear from the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads. On each of its horns there was the hat of a king, and on each of its heads were written words reviling God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Then, I saw something like a creature come out of the sea. It had seven heads and ten horns. His horns had crowns and on his foreheads were written bad names as far as God is concerned.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The dragon stood on the shore of the sea.Then I saw a very fearful beast coming up out of the sea. He had ten horns and seven heads. There was a crown placed on each of his horns, and on each of his head there was a written a name by which he transgressed God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Then I saw a terrible/fearsome animal coming-out of the ocean. He had seven heads and ten horns. All his horns were crowned, and each of his heads was written-on with a name of God which he had no authority to use.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “What that dragon did was, he went to the shore of the ocean. To follow next, I saw coming ashore from the ocean a monster which was alien/strange to the world. He also had seven heads branching out and ten horns, each of those horns having a crown on it. And his names were written on each of his heads, each one of these really insulting/belittling God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I stood at the edge of the sea. I saw there in the sea that there was emerging a terrible animal which had seven heads and ten horns. On each of the horns there was a crown. On its heads were written names which displeased God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
