complete verse (1 Samuel 18:25)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 18:25:

  • Kupsabiny: “Saul told them that, ‘Go and tell David again that, ‘The king doesn’t need anything like bride price but needs only one hundred foreskins of the Philistines to pay back what the Philistines did to him.’ ’ Saul was wanted the Philistines to kill David.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “And he said, "Speak to David like this, "The king only asks a hundred foreskins of the Philistines for the bride price." In this way Saul was thinking that David might be killed at the hands of the Philistines.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Saul said, ‘[You (plur.)] tell David that what I only need as payment to-marry my child/(daughter) is the skin on the end of the (male)-genitals/sexual-organ/(foreskin) of 100 Filistinhon, as my revenge/pay-back to them my enemies.’ That was the plan of Saul so-that David would-be-killed by the hand of the Filistinhon.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Saul replied, ‘Go and say to David, ‘In order for the king to allow you to marry Michal, he wants you to kill 100 Philistines and cut off their foreskins and bring the foreskins to him to prove that you have killed them. In that way he will get revenge on his enemies.’ ’ But what Saul wanted was that the Philistines would kill David while David was trying to kill them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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