Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Samuel 7:5:

• Kupsabiny: “‘Go and tell my servant David that, ‘God says that: Why should you build for me a house that I may live in?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Go now and speak like this to my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD says — Are you the one to build a LORD’s temple for me to live in? ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘Go and tell my servant David that this is what I say: ‘Are you the one-who-will-build a temple that I will-dwell-in?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “‘Go and tell my servant, David, that this is what I, Yahweh, am saying to him: ‘You are not the one who should build a temple for me to live in.” (Source: Translation for Translators)