Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 2:13:
- Kupsabiny: “So the decree/news was issued out that all the wise men should be killed. People were told to go and look for Daniel and his friends so that they could be killed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Since it was like that, the order went out to kill all the wise men. [They] also sent to search to kill Daniel and his friends.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “When- the decree to kill all the wise men -came-out, Daniel and his friends were-sought-out in-order to-be-killed also.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “And because of what the king commanded, they sent some men to find me and my three friends, to execute us also.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
