Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Judges 16:13:
- Kupsabiny: “Then Delilah said to Samson, ‘Hey, you are still joking with me until now, and you have always been deceiving me, haven’t you? Tell me how it is possible for you to be tied so that you cannot get loose.’ Samson said to Delilah, ‘My hair is to be plaited into seven groups/strands. If you tie/plait the hair together with the threads and wind them into the frames that one sows/weaves cloth with and tighten them very much, I shall become weak like any other man.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then Delilah said to Samson — "Up to now you have been deceiving me, speaking falsehoods. Please tell me how it would be possible to tie you up."
He responded — "If you weave the seven braids of hair on my head on a loom and bind them with an iron nail, I will become weak like other people."” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “So Delila again said to Samson, ‘Until now you (sing.) just still trick me and lie-to me. Come-on, tell me how you (sing.) will-be-tied-up.’ Samson said, ‘If you (sing.) tie the seven braids of my hair into a loom and tighten the peg, my strength will- now -become like just the other men.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then Delilah said, ‘You have deceived me and lied to me again! Please tell me how someone can tie you up securely!’ Samson replied, ‘If you weave the seven braids of my hair into the threads you are weaving on the loom, and then fasten those threads with the pin that makes the threads tight, then I will be as weak as other men.’
So again, while Samson was sleeping on her lap, Delilah held the seven braids of his hair, and wove them into the threads on the loom,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
