Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 8:11:

• Kupsabiny: “God has said, ‘Surely days are coming when I shall send hunger to come to the land/world. It will not be a hunger for food or thirst for water, but one where people want to listen to the word of God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The LORD God says, ‘The day will come"
  ‘when I will bring famine throughout the land.
  And the famine is not a famine of grain nor of thirst for water.
  But a famine of hearing the word of the LORD.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The Lord GOD still said, ‘The time will-come that I will-send famine to your (plur.) land. But this (is) not hungry for food or thirsty for water, but hungry and thirsty to listen to my message.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Silimo: ““Our Father the Chief, whose name is above all others, has this message for us, ‘Like people are hungry for sweet potatoes and thirsty for water, so the words I say to you will affect our insides.’” (Source: Buzz and Myrna Maxey )
• English: “And Yahweh our God says this:
  ‘It will soon be the time when I will cause something to be very scarce throughout the country.
  But it will not be a time when there is no food or water;
  it will instead be a time when there will be no messages from me for anyone to hear.” (Source: Translation for Translators)