Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 8:33:
- Kupsabiny: “When your people of Israel do wrong before you and their enemies defeat them, and then they turn to you, and come to pray in this house lowering/humbling themselves seeking for forgiveness,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “When Your Israelite men are defeated by the enemy because they have sinned against You, and when they come back to your place, taking your name and pray and make entreaties to You in this temple, ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘If your people Israelinhon will-be-defeated by their enemies because they have-sinned-against you, and if they will-come-back to you and will-praise you and will-pray in this temple,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “And when your Israeli people are defeated by their enemies in a battle because they have sinned against you, and if they are forced to go to some distant country, if they turn away from their sinful behavior and turn toward this temple and admit that you have justly punished them, and if they plead that you will forgive them,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
