Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Chronicles 17:1:

• Kupsabiny: “David migrated/moved his home, and then one day, he said to the prophet of God Nathan, ‘Why am I living in a good house of cedar wood and the Box of the Covenant is just in a tent?’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “One day, after David had settled in his royal palace, David said to Nathan the prophet, "I have been living here in a royal palace built of cedar wood, but the LORD’s Ark of the Covenant is in a tent."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “When David was- now -living in his palace, he said to Prophet Natan, ‘Here I am-living in a beautiful palace made of cedar wood, but the Box of the Agreement of the LORD is only in a tent.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “After David began to live in his palace, he said to the prophet Nathan, ‘It does not seem right that I am here living in a palace made of cedar wood, but Yahweh’s Sacred Chest is kept inside a tent!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)