Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Chronicles 4:18:
- Kupsabiny: “Ezrah had three sons: Jether, Mered, Epher and Jalon. Mered married a daughter of Pharaoh who was called Bithiah. That woman bore to Mered Miriam, Shammai and Ishbah who started the city of Eshtemoa. Mered had another wife again who was from the clan of Judah. That one bore to Mered these sons: Jered who started the city of Gedor, Heber who started the city of Soco and Jekuthiel who started the city of Zanoah.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Mered’s wife from Judah was the mother of Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soko, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The male children of Ezrah were Jeter, Mered, Efer, and Jalon. Mered had a wife who was Bitia the child of the king of Egipto. They had children who were Miriam, Shamai, and Ishba. Ishba was the father of Eshtemoa. Mered also had a wife of/from-Juda and they had a child who was Jered (the father of Gedor), Heber (the father of Soco), and Jekutiel (the father of Zanoa).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Another descendant of Judah was Ezrah. Ezrah’s sons were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Mered married Bithiah, who was the daughter of the king of Egypt. The children of Mered and Bithiah were Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah. Ishbah was the father of Eshtemoa. Ezrah also had a wife from Judah. She gave birth to Jered, Heber, and Jekuthiel. Jered was the father of (OR, founded the town of) Gedor, Heber was the father of (OR, founded the town of) Soco, and Jekuthiel was the father of (OR, founded the town of) Zanoah.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
