Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Judges 9:27:
- Kupsabiny: “There was a time when those people arranged a community work feast in which grapes were picked and squeezed. Then they entered the house of their idol/god to eat and drink and insulted Abimelech.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Having finished picking grapes in the garden, having squeezed [them], they brought out the juice. After that they went to the temple of their god to celebrate a family festival. While they were eating, they cursed Abimelech.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “During the harvest-/season-of-picking of grapes, the people made wine from these grapes. And they celebrated a feast in the temple of their god. And while they were-eating there and drinking, they were-back-biting/gossiping-about/slandering Abimelec.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “They went out of the city to their vineyards and picked some grapes. They pressed the grapes to make juice, and then they made wine. Then they had a feast in the temple of their god, and they ate a lot of food and drank a lot of wine. Then they cursed Abimelech.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
