Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Judges 21:12:
- Kupsabiny: “They found four hundred women who were virgins in Jabesh-gilead. They took/led those women to Shilo where the other Israelites had gathered in the land of Canaan.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “They did just like that. Among the people of Jabesh-gilead they found [lit.: met] 400 women [who were] virgins. They brought those women to the camp of Shiloh of Canaan.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “And there they found 400 virgin ladies and they brought them to their camp in Shilo which is part of Canaan.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So those soldiers went to Jabesh-Gilead and killed all the men, married women, and children. But they found 400 unmarried young women there. So they brought them to their camp at Shiloh, in Canaan, across the river from the Gilead area that belonged to the tribe of Benjamin.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
