complete verse (1 Chronicles 18:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Chronicles 18:4:

  • Kupsabiny: “David took carts/chariots of Hadadezer of one thousand horses and seven thousand people who went/rode on horses. He also took twenty thousand other people who went on foot. He cut the Achilles tendons of all the horses that were pulling carts, but he left enough to pull one hundred carts.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “David took possession of 1000 chariots, 7000 charioteers and 20,000 foot soldiers. David crippled all but 100 of the horses [used] to pull Hadadezer’s chariots.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “David and company took-by-force his 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers, and 20,000 soldiers. David and company hamstrung the horses that were-pulling the chariots aside from for the 100 which they left for their use.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “David’s army captured 1,000 of Hadadezer’s chariots, 7,000 chariot-drivers, and 20,000 soldiers. They hamstrung/crippled most of their horses; there were only 100 horses that they did not cripple.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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