Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 3:7:

• Kupsabiny: “Samuel didn’t know God at that time, and no word/message of/from God had yet been revealed to (him).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Up to this time Samuel still did not know the LORD. And the word of the LORD had not yet been given to him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “At-that-time/back-then Samuel did- not yet -know the LORD, and the LORD had- not yet -been-able-to-talk-together with him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “At that time Samuel did not yet know that Yahweh could speak to him, because Yahweh had not previously revealed anything to him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)