Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 12:10:

• Kupsabiny: “Then the people of his generation/age-set replied to him, ‘You see my friend, you say to those people, ‘I am even tougher than my father.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “They replied, "To the men who come to you to say, ‘Your father has caused us to carry a heavy load, please lighten it,’ you are to say, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The young-men replied, ‘This is what you are going-to-reply to those people who are-requesting from you: ‘My little-finger is bigger than the waist of my father.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “They replied, ‘This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.” (Source: Translation for Translators)