Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joshua 17:12:

• Kupsabiny: “But the clan of Manasse was not able to take these cities because the Canaanites resisted much.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Yet the descendants of Manasseh were not able to defeat the people who lived in those cities. Being unyielding the Canaanites continued living there.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But these towns/cities were-not possessed/owned by the descendants of Manase, for they were- not -able-to-drive-out the Canaanhon there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The men of the tribe of Manasseh were not able to force the people who lived in those cities to leave, so the people of the Canaan people-group continued to live in those cities.” (Source: Translation for Translators)