Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 2:7:
- Kupsabiny: “Then/Later, fifty people from the group of prophets followed behind them and stopped/stood some distance from where Elijah (and company/Elisha) were at the side of the river Jordan.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The fifty prophets followed them as far as the Jordan. Elijah and Elisha stopped at the riverbank. The fifty prophets stood a bit far away and watched them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Now, there-were 50 men who were members of the group of the prophets who stood a little-distance-away, facing the place where Elias and Elisha had-stopped at the River Jordan.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Fifty men from a group of prophets who were from Jericho also went, but they watched from a distance as Elijah and Elisha stopped at the edge of the Jordan River.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
