Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 8:7:

• Kupsabiny: “God told Samuel that, ‘Listen to those people’s message/words. It is not you they have refused, but I am the one they have refused to no longer be their Ruler/King.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Listen well to all the things that people have come to say. They have not rejected you, but rather, they have rejected me. They have refused to accept me as their king. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “And the LORD said to him, ‘Fulfill what they are-saying to you (sing.); you (sing.) (are) not the one they have-rejected but-instead I.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Yahweh replied, ‘Do what they have requested you to do. But do not think/the truth is not that you are the one whom they are really rejecting. I have been their king, and I am the one they are really rejecting.” (Source: Translation for Translators)