Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 10:16:
- Kupsabiny: “Solomon arranged/prepared two hundred large shields covered with gold. He made each of those shields with seven kilograms of gold.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “King Solomon made two hundred large shields of gold sheet metal. About seven kilograms of gold were used to make each shield.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “King Solomon made 200 large shields that each shield was-overlaid/covered with about seven kilos of gold.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “King Solomon’s workers took this gold and hammered it into thin sheets and covered 200 large shields with those thin sheets of gold; they put almost 15 pounds/more than 6 kg. of gold on each shield.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
