Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 14:12:
- Kupsabiny: “I shall send a plague to these people and leave them to it, but I shall make you to become a big community surpassing them.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “I will kill them with a plague. And from you I will make a nation greater and mightier than them."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I will-send these Israelinhon with destruction and I will-destroy them, but you (sing.) on-the-other-hand I will-make into a nation which is more powerful and stronger than they.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So I will cause a plague/widespread sickness to strike them and get rid of them. But I will cause your descendants to become a great nation. They will be a nation that is much greater and stronger than these people are.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
