Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Samuel 17:8:

• Kupsabiny: “Don’t you know that your father and his people of war are couragious? They are fierce like a leopard whose cubs/children have been taken from her. But/And again, your father is a very shrewd warrior. So, he cannot sleep in one place with soldiers.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Please think, your father David and his soldiers are very strong. They are dangerous like a female bear whose children have been snatched from her. Your father is skilled and very strong soldiers. At night he will not be sleeping with his men.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “You know your father and his men; they are brave fighters and they are fierce as a bear who has-been-robbed of her cubs/[lit. children]. Besides that, your father is a skilled fighter, and he does- not -sleep together-with his men.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “You know that your father and the men who are with him are strong soldiers, and that now they are very angry, like a mother bear whose cubs have been stolen from her. Furthermore, your father knows how to fight because he has fought in many battles. He will not stay with his troops during the night.” (Source: Translation for Translators)